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Saccharified Polenta Sourdough

Braided loaf with Sharbati atta, matcha coconut loaves and other bakes

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KittyJ

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Pizza in teglia Romana

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mwilson

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NoNeed

Starter inactive after second day

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am123

Vacuum Dough Question

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louiscohen

CIA Whole Wheat Lean Straight Dough 40% WW 70%...

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Oven Choices for Cottage Baker

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BreadBrad88

Banneton/Frame/Pan Help

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Trimbandit

bottom of loaves get concave when cooling

6 days 3 hours ago

longneckthree

why is my dough so slack?

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Monica Baptista

Hello everyone, Monica is here!

6 days 14 hours ago

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Successful Ciabatta bake on third try

Recent comments

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on Red Rye Malt

Neland

Coarse ground rye

2 hours 55 min ago

on Granite Stones for KoMo Mio

fredsbread

How tight are you setting the

3 hours 14 min ago

on Bread machine very...

mariana

Jenny, good morning! The

3 hours 21 min ago

on Red Rye Malt

louiscohen

Pumpernickel/Coarse Rye Flour

3 hours 37 min ago

on impact of using less salt

menupanda

thank you

6 hours 25 min ago

on Pizza in teglia Romana

ReneR

The ultimate luxury?!

6 hours 48 min ago

on Oven mitts

Precaud

Yeah, those do look thin

8 hours 22 min ago

on Starter inactive after second...

NoNeed

Pineapple syrup seems to work

10 hours 53 min ago

on Oven mitts

Yippee

Something like these?

11 hours 44 min ago

on Red Rye Malt

JonJ

Your rye recipe sounds very...

14 hours 21 min ago

on Bread machine very...

Jennypurrs

16 hours 56 min ago

on Oven mitts

culinarick

They are really comfortable

17 hours 28 min ago

on Granite Stones for KoMo Mio

GaryBishop

Try rice

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on Pizza in teglia Romana

albacore

Thanks ReneR. Pizza - so many

1 day 3 hours ago

on Let's Play a game. What...

The Roadside Pi...

Bread Browser

Tsoureki sweat Easter bread

Forkish's Country Bread. EIB Style.

Let's Play a game. What would you do?

The Breads of Egypt - Barley bread

bottom of loaves get concave when cooling

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gabev50

increasing fermentation but still underproofed

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ReneR

Tsoureki sweat Easter bread

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Forkish's Country Bread. EIB Style.

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The Breads of Egypt - Barley bread

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Benito

Mochi Sourdough Hokkaido Milk Bread

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pmccool

Hamelman's Sourdough 5-Grain Bread

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ReneR

My first descent home-oven baked pizza (finally!)

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Benito

Mochi Sourdough Milk Bread

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JonJ

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Benito

Sun Dried Tomato Pecorino Oregano Sourdough...

Recent Advanced/Off-Topic Posts

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Precaud

Material simulating a loaf load

1 week 4 days ago

Moe C

Avatars

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louiscohen

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squattercity

for those desperately seeking a dutch oven

3 weeks 5 days ago

chleba

adding potato to bread dough

1 month 4 days ago

squattercity

the cost of a loaf of bread

1 month 2 weeks ago

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Best time to perform sourdough lamination (not...

1 month 3 weeks ago

Bakes.inthelakes

Humidity and hydration compatibility during bulk...

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BrianShaw

Spam .

3 months 1 week ago

mwilson

The best mixer in the world!

3 months 2 weeks ago

The Roadside Pi...

"I would ask the waiter for bread....

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Flash format video

5 months 4 days ago

Precaud

Is discussing yogurt making OK here?

5 months 1 week ago

breadomatic

Mixing more water in after kneading...

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arma411

Bread Dad Jokes

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The Happy birthday to Floyd thread

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pmccool

Today is Floyd’s birthday!

6 months 2 weeks ago

pain_de_remesy

From: Microbiology of Fermented Foods 🤓

9 months 1 week ago

TMac

Problem with elasticity and holding shape

10 months 1 week ago

TiuingGum

Rye is extending bulk fermentation time.

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