True Hydration
Sourdough geeks will tell you the hydration percentage of their dough. This is the percentage of water to flour. Typically a dough that uses 400 grams of water and 600 grams of flour would be called a 67% hydration dough. 400 / 600 = 66.6667. However, being geeky, I...
Seeded Sourdough
Poked around a bit and came up with this from other ideas. This is my go-to sourdough with some seeds added for crunch and flavor. Pictures soon....
Making Self-Rising Flour
I buy all-purpose flour. By adding vital wheat gluten I can make bread flour. Today a recipe my wife wanted to make called for self-rising flour, so I had to go look up how to make it. In short it’s a cup (120 grams) of flour and 6 grams...
Banana Bread
Who doesn’t love banana bread? Er…well…who doesn’t love a way to get rid of those bananas that have gotten to the point where most are scared to eat them?...
Sourdough Ciabatta
Not gonna lie to you — this is hard to work with. Have a mixer. Have some bench scrapers. Have some flour. Have some patience. But delicious and well worth the pain and suffering. Tools Kneading and Shaping I like this plastic bowl-scraper / bench-knife for doing my stretches...