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Hamelman's Black Bread

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siuflower

Hamelman's Black Bread

Hamelman's Black Bread, I followed  his direction exactly and found the breads had  little oven spring. But the favor and taste are wonderful. 

I buy the Organic Baby Spring Mix every week for salad. I saved all the containers for storage. I found it made a wonderful bread box and also good for bulk fermentation. You can see through the container. 

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SylviaH

Nice Bread...I also save these containers..they come in handy for all sorts of things! 

Sylvia

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siuflower

Thank you for the kind words. 

Siuflower

 

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xaipete

Hi Siuflower. Your bread looks very tasty. If you want to get a little more oven spring you could try adding a little vital wheat gluten and or baking it under some type of cloche.

--Pamela

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siuflower

Hi Pamela,

 

I did add 2 Tbsp vital wheat gluten in the recipe and I followed Hamelman direction to the T, the bulk fermentation was only 45 minutes and the last proofing was 60 minutes in 80 F temperature. I heated the oven for 30 minutes with the baking stones before the proofing time was up. I added the hot water in the steam pan that was on the lower rack, baked the breads for 15 minutes at 460 F and then turn down the oven to 440 F baked for another 30 minutes. I think the breads need more time for the last proofing may be half an hour more. The breads still turn out good but not enough oven spring that all. I will bake this bread again, I will give it more time to the last proofing and bake it in my 5 Qt cast iron pot. Thank you for the suggestion.

 

Siuflower