I ran an experiment this weekend. I decided to make sourdough Focaccia. My experiment was to make the same base dough as my recent sourdough Pullman loaves and at the moment of splitting the dough one would continue on the path to be a Pullman loaf and the other Focaccia. I followed the same recipeContinue reading “Sourdough Focaccia”
Category Archives: Sourdough Bread
Sourdough Pullmans are a hit!
Sourdough Pullman bread is quite the hit! They are easy to slice and make great toast and sandwiches! My wife loves them and I just had an acquaintance who saw my recent post ask to buy one of the loaves! Consequently my wife asked me to make another batch quickly. I fed my starter lastContinue reading “Sourdough Pullmans are a hit!”
Sourdough Pullman Loaves
My wife asked me if I could bake my regular sourdough bread in my Pullman tins. I said “Sure, why not?” Thinking that would be a good experiment. Great thing about “Baker’s %” is that I could easily scale up. I simply referred my other recipe to see what the total volume was for twoContinue reading “Sourdough Pullman Loaves”
First Market Selling Baked Goods
Today is the Day! My friend invited me to attend her Mom’s Art Exhibit and sell my baked goods. For posterity I’ve attached a picture of her announcement All the practicing and thought into packaging has culminated in my being able to have everything ready to go this morning. This is indeed the most varietyContinue reading “First Market Selling Baked Goods”
Baking Day!!
Today’s the day! The first time I’ve baked this much bread in both variety and volume in a single day. GOAL: 8 Sourdough Batard and Boule loaves 24 Sourdough Croissants 12 Pain Au Chocolat sourdough croissants 10 sourdough Baguettes This is going to be quite the undertaking. Not only am I trying to juggle theContinue reading “Baking Day!!”
Sourdough Bread – Scaling Up (Bake Day)
I’m up and getting ready to bake. Not quite “Baker’s Hours” bu close enough. I had to start the coffee manually earlier than it is normally set to go off. Today I’m practicing baking four times since I can only fit two Dutch Ovens in my oven at a time. Pretty much “cottage baking”. AsideContinue reading “Sourdough Bread – Scaling Up (Bake Day)”
Sourdough Bread – Scaling Up
Continuing my theme of practicing first I’m attempting making 4X the loaves I normally bake. I chose 4X (8 loaves) due to my plastic tub, banneton, and refrigerator constraints. I also considered that I can only bake 2 loaves at a time and I’ll need to switch to baking croissants shortly after the last pairContinue reading “Sourdough Bread – Scaling Up”
Sourdough Baguettes – Scaling Up
Need to practice scaling up my recipe and leveraging past lessons on temperature control. Better to try one batch at a time than to try scaling up three different bakes concurrently. THAT could be a disaster! Today it is baguettes. I’m going to double my recipe and aim for 10 baguettes. My decision to doubleContinue reading “Sourdough Baguettes – Scaling Up”
Scaling Up – Sourdough Bread (Part 2 of 2)
Baked the four loaves of sourdough bread today vice my normal two. Things that I noted in baking the two batches of loaves: Rice flour is the bomb! Makes my loaves less inclined to stick to the bannetons Can’t preheat the lids for the second batch – not enough space in my oven Baking atContinue reading “Scaling Up – Sourdough Bread (Part 2 of 2)”
Scaling Up – Sourdough Bread
I decided that I’d try scaling up my bake and try four loaves instead of my normal two. I’ve a friend that wanted me to bring some bread to an event. As I think about this I’m always asking myself “What has to be true for THAT to be true?” It started with me makingContinue reading “Scaling Up – Sourdough Bread”
Baked By Bear Sourdough 