KAF Baking School

Hi, All. 

I'm fortunate to live relatively close to the new KAF Bread Lab in Burlington, WA.  Recently I took a 3-day course in sourdough, and thought I would share.  Prior to the class I've been strictly self-taught (Thank You TFL!).  During the course of the class I learned much about the discipline, and acquired new skills and good habits.  We spent the entire 3 days baking recipes back-to-back:  some true sourdoughs, and a lot of sourdough recipes spiked with yeast.  Here are the results, all which we got to take home:

Day 1

Day 2

More Day 2

Day 3

Not shown are the pizzas we made for lunch on Day 2.

Needless to say, there was enough bread to fill our freezer and last for about 6 weeks.  We finally got to the bottom of it, and just this last weekend I was able to have a sourdough bake-a-thon at home and put what I learned to task. 

Applying my improved skills, I did a proper build for several days, and baked 1) a 123 sourdough with the addition of rye, 2) sourdough crackers and 3) sourdough pizza.

Some of my best sourdough baking yet:

The pizza we enjoyed with sun-dried tomatoes in oil, and fresh basil.  :)

They offer an advanced course in sourdough (whole grains), also, which I hope to take in the future.  In the mean time, I've got my eye on the first in a 3-part series for artisan breads.

Happy Baking!