Thread: Who bakes bread?

I'm slowly, ever so slowly learning how to adjust my tried and true white sandwich bread to use starter instead of packaged yeast.

I made a loaf yesterday afternoon and added quite a bit more flour. However this loaf didn't want to rise. I gave up at 1 am and just left it covered. When I got up it had doubled in size and seemed to be ready to bake.

I decided to get another opinion on how it would taste and took it to my oldest daughters and left it at her door, rang the bell and we had a nice visit from a safe distance.

I just heard back from her and she and her husband really liked it but with the slightly different taste of the starter her kids didn't prefer it but did finish their slices up.

She sent a picture of the interior which she described as tender and easy to chew.

First it was toilet paper and now it's flour: the supermarket shelves are bare in Australia. I bought 3 kgs 3 weeks ago and while I'm OK for white I'm close to running out of wholemeal. I've just ordered 2 kg of white and 2 kg of wholemeal from a mail order outfit at an extortionate price - plus a 10 day wait.

The same thing happened during the great depression 90 years ago.

People baked.

All baking items have been scarce in the U.S for weeks now. I buy flour in 50lb sacks and they are gone too. I grind my own whole wheat so wheat berries are still easy to find. You need special equipment to process those.

Like with everything else the issue is very tight inventory systems at stores and suppliers.

Haven't made bread in ove 10 years, until yesterday. I used white unbleached flour, Red Mill whole wheat flour, garlic and rosemary and a starter made from raisins. Tastes good but didn't knead it enough. Next batch in a week will use no knead method.

My best yet....as I only have about 12 loafs under my belt. Used a 12 hour “Sponge Starter” in this Country Style French Boule....this is a keeper !

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More bread Porn !

Made 2 loafs today....

Originally Posted by nessmuck

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More bread Porn !

Bread Porn!!!! What about what looks like Chocolate Chip Cookies in the Background?????

There is way too much good looking baking appearing on this thread. This self-isolation better end soon or the bakers among us may not be able to exit their doorways.