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Trial and Error (Mainly Error)

I've been doing some experimenting this week, without much success. I'm trying to play around with timings to best fit making sourdough...Read more

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Messing around with a calculator

I have been working with a 'home-made' calculator for some time now. I have found it quite useful but then I do not bake that many sorts of...Read more

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Crazy home baker

Today I used a hand-held cement mixer to incorporate the 50% hydration levain that I usually use to a 60% hydrated autolysed dough...Read more

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San Francisco Sour Dough Variety

A Mixed Bag

Things didn't exactly go smoothly with this weekend's sourdough baking. It all seemed fine during kneading and proving, and I felt that my...Read more

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Can you use sweet potatoes to make a starter?

I was wondering if anyone knows if I could use sweet potatoes in place of the white potato in making a starter? And if I can do I make it...Read more

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English Muffins

My first-ever batch of muffins, and I'm not very happy with them. The sponge I made last night didn't have enough liquid in it so I had to...Read more

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Starters/Levains

Hello, I am Gerry (female). I am new to non-commercial yeast bread starters. In Early Jan'12 I was given a small amount of starter from rye...Read more

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