The Fresh Loaf

A Community of Amateur Bakers and Artisan Bread Enthusiasts.

Hello from another new member

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MaxQ

Hello from another new member

Hi all.

My name is Max and I'm an amateur bread maker.

I am absolutely thrilled to learn about this site (which I stumbled upon while looking for a recipe for making semolina bread, more on that later). I am a computer geek, and really love the open source community way of doing things. So when I came across this here open source bread community, I was overjoyed. I immediately read all FAQs, Lessons and other tips I could find (I had a busy morning) and have now joined to become part of the community.

I started baking bread rather recently, and it turns out that I instinctively knew a few things that were explained here (more water means stickier dough means nicer crumb), and didn't know several other things that I wish I had known (oven temperatures, steam, working properly with yeast...). :|

When I couldn't find a good recipe online for something I wanted to make, I made one up. Some worked well (onion bread) some not so well (cheese bread). I will share some of that, and am really eager to see what other people have to share.

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tabasco

Good to hear from you.  Sounds like you are well on your way to some creative bread baking.  

I hope you post some pics of your latest attemps--both successes and even failures.  I love to read about everybody's ideas and creations too.

J.

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Song Of The Baker

Welcome aboard.  You might get some info about chewy crusts from my recent post update about over baking sourdough.

I found that I was over baking my loaves when trying to achieve that dark bold bake crust.  

John