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Blovescooking

Poolish sourdough tight dough structure?

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Is it possible I'm overworking my dough

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Buttermilk cluster

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Lacey12345

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Best, Affordable Panettone Flour in United States?

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HeidiG

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It's always hard to...

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Starter Therapy

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GV

1. The poolish has a lot of

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peterwinson

Panettone Flour

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Blovescooking

Pannetone question

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Davey1

Skip the link. Enjoy!

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Richard Lemieux

Hi Benjamin"I shall be...

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onionsoup

When it comes to shaping, try

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on Does sifting whole wheat...

JoshuaLoafer

i just ordered 6-piece

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on Buttermilk cluster

OldWoodenSpoon

I have baked these rolls for

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tpassin

There's stretchy and then

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benjamin163

Great story Richard,I shall

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benjamin163

13.6% protein is what I'...

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Richard Lemieux

"However I don't...

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benjamin163

Such a helpful post, thank

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