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I'm getting better at this

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elaiesay

I'm getting better at this

A few months ago, a friend casually mentioned that supermarket bread is loaded with chemicals and preservatives.  Which is something I'm sure I knew if I thought about it, but was trying not to think about it.  I've never been a good bread baker.  So I got on The Fresh Loaf and looked around for a multi-grain recipe, and found this one (Dolf posted it, but it appears he is no longer on here).  I have played around with the method and I'm finally getting a good loaf of bread.  Thank you for this website and all the advice on here. 

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KathyF

I know. There is so much knowledge and help here. And your bread looks very yummy! So much better than store bought isn't it!

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dabrownman

Beautimous to the the extreme.  Well done and

Happy Baking 

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Mini Oven

Don't know what it looked like before but that crumb shot looks very promising!  

Nice even crust colour all around, fine even crumb with a light swirl pattern of regular bubbles.   Two happy taste testers grinning from ear to ear!   Life is good.

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elaiesay

I'm learning to knead wet sticky doughs without adding flour, learning what stretch and fold means, what autolyse means. what a soaker and biga do.  I'm learning.  This has been my best so far, with this recipe and with every one that I'd tried before.  I've got more to learn, but I'm sure that will always be the case.  And this is just a yeast bread.  Someday I'll get a sourdough starter and start learning all over again.  It's the wealth of info on here, and encouragement, and even the transparency in failures, that has helped.  Thanks again!

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pmccool

That's a lovely loaf.

Paul