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Canada Day weekend baking

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Skibum

Canada Day weekend baking

Belated Happy Canada Day to my Canadian friends on TFL and best wishes for a great Fourth of July for my American friends!

On the left and center pulla, which I have covered in other posts and on the right. A 12 grain and seed bread raised successfully from a YW starter. Thanks dabrownman for sharing your starter build tips!

I began by refreshing my white YW starter two days in a row. On day three I started a whole wheat starter that doubled in 31/2 hours. I then fed the starter again 1:1:1 and once again it doubled in 31/2 hours. I then forgot to put it in the fridge and in the morning awoke to a starter that had peaked and crashed. It looked dead, but a quick stir showed lots of bubbles.

 

12 grain and seed bread

Soaker 20g corn meal

20 g quinoa

10 g red flax

10 g golden flax

20g red/white wheat berries

174 g water

Soak for 2 hours then add

20 g wheat bran

I let this sprout in the dark for two days

Milk scald

174 g milk, scalded, then add:

15 g brown sugar

25 g honey

Mix well and when cool add to starter.

Final dough

All starter 300 g starter plus milk scald

245 g whole wheat flour

20 g buckwheat flour

40 g dark rye flour

80 g bread flour

8 g salt

28 g oil

Mix well, rest 5 minutes and knead 5 minutes. Rest 10 minutes, then 4 sets of stretch and folds, with 10 minutes rest.

During the 3rd and 4th S&F add in:

20 g sesame seeds, toasted

30 g sunflower seeds, toasted

 After the last fold form a ball and bulk ferment until double in bulk, shape for a loaf pan and let rise until nearly double in bulk, about one hour for each rise. I baked this @ 350F for 44 minutes, turning at the half after brushing with egg wash and sprinkling with rolled oats and cornmeal.

Boy does this every make a nice crunchy, nutty sandwich and toast bread!

No Canada Day breakfast would be complete without my raspberry, lemon, poppy seed muffins. I mash most of the raspberry with the dough, but reserve one berry for each muffin and place it the muffin batter whole and cover with a couple of Tbs batter.

Happy baking folks! Brian

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Floydm's picture
Floydm

Very nice, Brian!  

We spent our Canada Day on the beach in typical Vancouver fashion.

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dabrownman

Canada Day bake!  I think I would kiil for one of those muffins.  Your YW 12 Grain and Seed bread looks tasty too. The pulla speaks for itself.  Still those muffins........Well done

I started the 3 stage SD levain for the 15 Grain and no more than 30 Ingredient Challenge bake today for Friday's bake. Will do a plain loaf and one that is more to Lucy's liking and isn't plain.  Got the ribs ready for the 4th of July smoke too.

Happy Baking Ski

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Skibum

I neglected to mention that I changed up my braiding technique on the pulla loaves, using Ibor's 6 pointed star. I found it makes a nice tight braid easier than the traditional 'pony tail' braid. Thanks for the inspiration Ibor!  Brian

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Isand66

Great baking Brian and happy Belated Canada day to you!

I really like your formula and technique on this one and shall have to give a version of this a try soon.

Those muffins look amazing.  Can you share your recipe?

Happy Baking.

Ian

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hanseata

a nice Canada Day for your family with these great breads. Would you share the muffin recipe? They look delicious.

Happy Baking,

Karin

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Skibum

Here you go Ian and Karin. These muffins are super easy and you can double or triple the recipe easily. Makes 6 muffins:

1 cup, 160 g All purpose flour

1/4 cup, 90 g sugar

2 Tbsp 21 g poppy seeds

1 tsp, 4 g baking powder

1/2 tsp 3 g baking soda

1/2 tsp, 3 g salt

1 egg, 48 - 50 g

2 Tbsp, 56 g oil

1/2 Tbsp lemon zest

21/2 Tbsp lemon juice

1/2 cup raspberry yogurt

1/2 heaping cup raspberries

Mix dry ingredients, wet ingredients and combine. I like to use a fork to mash the raspberries into the batter. Fill 6 muffin tins and press a whole raspberry into each one, then top with a couple of tablespoons of batter. Bake for 20 minutes @ 400F, turning at the half.

If you like, you can also add 1/3 - 1/2 cup of blueberries to the mix.

Enjoy! Brian

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breadsong

Hello Brian,
Beautiful Canada Day baking - and those muffins!
:^) breadsong