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"It's strictly a winter-time thing for us down here ... too hot to fire up the oven between now and September."
I've got a little toaster oven on the back porch to bake bread in the summer. The pot fits in it once I took the knob off the lid. One loaf a week for sammiches!
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YES... my wife loves me.
Bad news... the sourdough starter died last year from the Rona (or something)... so just plain homemade bread.
Oh well... I make many kinds of bread. There are quite a few I like as good or better than sourdough. I really like my homemade Rye bread, Pumpernickel, and Russian Black bread. Italian bread and some artisan breads. yum yum
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For all you fresh flour freaks!!!
Any of you have a "grain mill"? I do. I buy cleaned, untreated "hard red winter" wheat seed and grind it. IF I can get good clean wheat of the proper moisture content directly from the combine, I'll do that! 😉
1) freshly milled flour is more nutritious 2) wheat berries (grain) can be cheaper than flour 3) freshly milling your own flour often gives you more choice A) different grains B) different textures (coarse, medium, fine) 4) freshly milled flour brings better flavor 5) wheat berries (grain) has a longer shelf life than flour 6) you actually get the WHOLE grain of wheat
Other facts of note:
1) freshly ground flour is more absorbent than regular (store bought) flour 2) freshly ground flour ferments faster than regular flour 3) the "crumb" of freshly ground flour will be tighter 4) freshly ground flour is more inconsistent than regular flour 5) freshly ground flour takes up more volume (for the same weight) than regular flour 6) the temperature of fresh ground flour will be warmer My house is .5 miles from one elevator, 3 from another and 75 yards from the field. Fresh is not haed to find here. If you don't have a grain mill, point five from your home may as well be 500 point 5.
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Using the right flour and a bit of malt, you won't need 'starter'... Local stores have flour suitable for maybe coating chicken.....but NOT for bread. It takes high-protein stuff for a proper loaf.. (I found that out the hard way... ) I make 4-5 different loaves - from white, raisin, dark rye and cinnamon etc... What brand(s) do you use?
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I like making bread.
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Ramp and Morel focaccia bread !
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There are seven different types or layers of flour on each grain of wheat. The ones called 1st and 2nd Clear Flour have the highest ash content. High ash content = Big Flavor! Clear flours are typically not found in your neighborhood grocery store, but, are typically available in commercial bakery supply houses. Many times it is sold with the 1st and 2nd Clear flours combined and can be called sold as powerful clear and other proprietary names. The drawback is you may have to purchase it in a 50 pound bag. You can freeze flour, but, you need to defrost it in your refrigerator, not on a countertop.
High ash content makes for much better tasting and flavorful bread! You can thank me later.
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I like making bread. I like the bread board WS
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Ramp and Morel focaccia bread ! Man that looks good, drizzled with copious amounts of butter and garlic powder. wooweeee! Have a good birthday by the way!
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I like making bread. Ramp and Morel focaccia bread ! That focaccia! Who'd have thought of morels and ramps? Toddly, did you make the board? Mine looks like this.
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I like making bread. Yeah, buddy! 👍🏼 That’s what I aspire to make one day in the distant future. Wife makes bread when I get after her. More like beg for fresh bread. Recently, I asked her to show me how to make it, which is the plan when she makes the next couple of batches. 🦫
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I have some beer bread in the oven right now. It's pretty good, but heck, I like beer, and I like bread! It's also darn easy to make. The wife hates me when I make it...she doesn't eat bread that wouldn't grow if you plant it.
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Using the right flour and a bit of malt, you won't need 'starter'... Local stores have flour suitable for maybe coating chicken.....but NOT for bread. It takes high-protein stuff for a proper loaf.. (I found that out the hard way... ) I make 4-5 different loaves - from white, raisin, dark rye and cinnamon etc... What brand(s) do you use? Here's one: https://breadtopia.com/store/organic-bread-flour/ And this one I use for pizza dough: https://breadtopia.com/store/organic-tipo-00-strong-white-flour/
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I like making bread. That looks excellent...
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Just put this in the lightbulb warmed oven for the first proofing. My first attempt at this: Cheesecake Factory Brown Bread Copy
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YES... my wife loves me. Bad news... the sourdough starter died last year from the Rona (or something)... so just plain homemade bread. Oh well... That looks good like Homemade Bread. Not Your Mama restaurant near me brings out Homemade Bread Rolls with your meal and the are very good.
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My wife makes great bread.
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Wife breads. I said you burned the bread on the 2nd pictured. Wife said, “No I didn’t, it’s supposed to have a dark crust” I’m like….”Oh, okay”……under my breath - “You burned it.” Lol 🦫
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Wife breads. I said you burned the bread on the 2nd pictured. Wife said, “No I didn’t, it’s supposed to have a dark crust” I’m like….”Oh, okay”……under my breath - “You burned it.” Lol 🦫 Looks great Beav. You a lucky man.
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We make 2 loaves of sourdough a week. I make it in a coffee can. It's kicked by a starter that I fuel with Bob's organic rye flour. I make the bread with unbleached flourcand nobody can leave it alone. my grandma made bread in metal coffee cans. sweet bread, had pecans in it. pumpkin bread.
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