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Best day yet!

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netfan

Best day yet!

After many train wrecks, I finally had one of those days when you feel like a REAL BAKER!  I realize I've only learned about .5% of bread baking, but today... today I made the forum proud :)

Friday I took my starter out of the fridge, fed it, then worked in the yard all evening.  This morning I found a nice pizza dough recipe and created a spreadsheet so that I could duplicate it for however many doughs I needed.

This evening I made 6 pizza dough balls which are now fermenting overnight, to be baked in the wood fired oven tomorrow evening.  I've also mixed up nearly 3000g of bread dough, 74% hydrated, 24% Whole Wheat, to bake 4 beautiful loaves of bread after we enjoy the pizza.

Did I mention the 20 sourdough buckwheat pancakes I made this morning, or that my wife AND daughter said they were awesome?  Got the yard ready to mow tomorrow while firing the cob oven.  Can't wait!

I know this won't happen every time, but I rocked the process today.  Absolutely fabulous to realize things are starting to come together.  I wish my mother and grandmother were still alive to see this.  They would have been so proud :)

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AnotherLoaf

We'll be looking forward to the photos.

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netfan

Saving a double post - here are the results of today:

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/comment/350214#comment-350214