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Good afternoon breaders and breadesses,

Like Paul, and so many others, a post of mine has been used as a source for a chatbot answer. This is a public forum, understood, but I don't like this one bit. Not one bit, I tell ya.

Think I'll go live in the garden shed for awhile.

My B&T proofer gave up the ghost a couple of months ago.  It was one of their original models, and I think that it was purchased in 2012.  The new B&T proofers have been, um, upgraded and can now function as slow cookers, too.  The price point is around $250 US.  

I have not made a porridge-style bread in a long time. I enjoy the flavor a good nutritional porridge adds to bread.

I decided to really take this one to the next level and used heavy cream for the liquid in the porridge. The heavy cream really adds a rich flavor to the final dough, especially combined with all the hearty grains in the 6 Grain mix, which includes barley flakes, rolled oats, rye chops, malted wheat flakes, rye flakes, millet, and quinoa flakes.

hola los/las cabezas de pan,

Made with KAF bread flour and FMF whole wheat. The buttermilk adds a little extra tang, and the fresh-milled whole wheat adds some nice flavor.

The dough was mixed in my Ankarsrum and bulked to 25% and finished overnight in the refrigerator. I baked them in my electric non-stick skillet with the cover on. Each muffin was dipped in cornmeal before baked.

I was very happy with how flavorful they are and how the nooks and crannies came out.

When cold weather starts to settle in and hot soup returns to the menu baguettes are made to serve with it. I landed on TFL years ago searching for help with making  baguettes. This was around the time Jane Dough and David Snyder were developing the recipe from Bouabsa’s baguettes which were the current prize winner in Paris. This simple recipe has stuck with me ever since. The original recipe I still use is unchanged and far more reliable than any other method I tried previously. I saw the recent posts about baguettes 🥖 so I’m throwing my sticks on the pile. 

As a pastime I decided to bake a pizza bread after a recipe I found on a Swiss site (https://www.marcelpaa.com/rezepte/pizza-sauerteigbrot/). With a few small adjustments: a bit more tomato (sauce), less water, a little more mozzarella, and fried bacon instead of spicy salami.

Just after kneading:

Another bake using my middlings levain technique. The recipe and procedure were similar to my last bake. This one had 17.5% Millers Choice  + 4.5% barley + 3% rye grains, freshly milled.

welcome welcome,

Made some Vienna Bread today! Haven't made bread with milk or butter in a while. I halved this recipe again and had to ad-lib with some flour amounts. Kneading in the butter by hand reminded me of when I made puff pastry a few years back. Also, had my oven go to 450 this bake for the first time (I still prefer 425 as a max for the apartment).