some winter baking fun

so somehow the 3-5 inches of snow that was predicted in the Hudson Valley area yesterday turned into 12 to 30, wind whipping the snow around didnt help. So decided to tinker with some fun bread today. Nothing special about this dough, it was more about trying to play with my food :)

for the dough I used

1000 grams KA AP

10 grams Instant dry yeast

20 grams regular table salt  

675 grams water

after I was done with strech and folds and resting, typically I would have bulk fermented this overnight in the fridge, but I was in a bit of a rush.. I shaped two loaves appx 835 grams each.

after it rested a little while I used a rolling pin to squash down half the loaf and the cut sort of a leaf outline with a pizza cuter. Then brushed with olive oil and pulled the flap over the other half. sprinkle with some flour and cut in the design, let proof and then into oven at around 400 F until around 205 F. I probably should have allowed to proof on the counter a little longer since you can see the second loaf decided to have some fun of its own, lol.

Angelo.