General Baking

<p>Bread and baking: From yeast breads to techniques</p>

Fresh yeast and instant yeast

What's the difference between fresh yeast and instant yeast ? Instant yeast looks easier to use but why people still use fresh...

5 comments

Electric Dough Mixers

Good evening Can anyone offer any tips on purchasing an electric bread/dough mixing machine? I currently bake sourdough once a...

6 comments

Where to buy starters, supplies, and bread

Hey everyone, I love this community. I deliver sourdough bread to businesses as my day to day job. Recently I realized how great...

3 comments

Sourdough bread in spain?

In a few weeks we'll be in Spain for the holidays. I have to eat sourdough bread for medical reasons and normally bake my own...

8 comments

Rising Baskets - Dough Sticking

I've seen several comments about dough sticking in baskets, plastic molds, etc. Several years ago, I was fortunate to take a SD...

1 comment

celiac; gluten free bread

fellow sourdough companions: i am new to this forum, and new to baking real bread. my 13 year old daughter, who is a fabulous...

14 comments

Sourdough novice

I've been making bread on and off for many years but have never made sourdough, rather dterrred by the seemingly complex process...

2 comments

August in the UK

If any of you are going to be in the UK at the end of August (2010) I am organizing an informal gathering of amateur bakers. www...

5 comments

Milk vs water

I realise this may seem like a daft question, but I'm just mid-way through making my first batch of croissants, and I'm wondering...

14 comments

Gel like sourdough problem: Help!

I am having a terrible problem, I think. My sourdough has turned into a gel like substance and I don't know why. It's possible I...

3 comments

Pages