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SF Country Sourdough with AYW

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Portus

SF Country Sourdough with AYW

 

I have recently been using AYW in a variety of bakes, and today tested Glenn Snyder’s SF Country SD by substituting 50% of the usual hydration with AYW and added my usual 5g Barley Malt Syrup.  The result was its characteristic dark crust but with a greatly improved rise; I now wait for the morning to see what its crumb reveals.

AYW is proving to be a rather useful and pleasing variant to my normal weekly bakes!

 

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Lechem (not verified)

Looking forward to the crumb shot and taste report. 

bread1965's picture
bread1965

Portus - what's the A for in AWY?  ____ yeast water? Nice looking rise!

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Portus

... http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/25012/apple-yeast-water-bread.  The rise from my initial bake was astonishing, as my post reveals.

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Danni3ll3

I think it might be Apple yeast water. 

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Portus

... quite satisfactory, and tasty!

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bread1965

Thanks for the link! The rise is truly great! Well done!

 

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Portus

It seems to me that AYW is one of those weapons to keep in your arsenal for regular use, or for use when your bread needs a boost, or to use just because its there!