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The ultimate loaf

nannycool's picture
nannycool

The ultimate loaf

I am an elderly novice baker and my goal is to bake the perfect loaf.  After many good results and even more sad ones today I have a 'not sure'.  The mix was extra strong flour, toasted wheat germ, a smat of butter and honey, salt water and fresh yeast. The dough was very active and proved well. The resulting loaf is not what I expected. It has a soft crust and the body soft and fluffy.  What sort of loaf have I made?

dabrownman's picture
dabrownman

white bread.

nannycool's picture
nannycool

Think you are right. But, that is the recipe and procedure I always use. The only thing I did different was to prove it in the dishwasher whilst the drum was still warm and moist.

AbeNW11's picture
AbeNW11 (not verified)

"The only thing I did different was to prove it in the dishwasher whilst the drum was still warm and moist".

 

Well if that isn't called innovation then I don't know what is.

nannycool's picture
nannycool

I just thought it might give my loaf a better 'finish'

AbeNW11's picture
AbeNW11 (not verified)

I'm gonna proof mine on my mattress for a better "spring".

nannycool's picture
nannycool

hehe do hope it doesn't sink in the middle.

Mini Oven's picture
Mini Oven

in a sink.  :)

Does a dishwasher have a drum?  I thought that was clothes washing machines...  

Oh my, I think my childhood dishwasher was a top loader.  

I have had doughs go flat on a table.   

nannycool's picture
nannycool

You are right it doesn't but when in knead you must rise to the occasion. 

Reynard's picture
Reynard

And I've had doughs get tyred and exhausted whilst proving in the car...

OK, will go get me coat, the pun-o-meter's gone off the scale. ;-)

nannycool's picture
nannycool

Thanks everyone. That was fun  Must go before I make another  bloomer.

 

Reynard's picture
Reynard

I think that was spelt wrong ;-) 

AbeNW11's picture
AbeNW11 (not verified)

What a rye sense of humour we all have ;)

nannycool's picture
nannycool

That was corny

Reynard's picture
Reynard

Hmmmm, I could rise to this pun challenge... ;-)

(Just don't get me started on fishy ones, it's neither the thyme nor the plaice...)

nannycool's picture
nannycool

I await with baited breath

Reynard's picture
Reynard

I think I'll quit while I'm ahead. I don't want to be accused of trawling the bottom ;-)