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pmccool

Community Bake - Infinity Bread

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lennyk

Trapezoid bench scraper

13 hours 5 min ago

chocoberrie

Baking stone adventures continue

16 hours 15 min ago

albacore

LM lacks vitality

20 hours 12 min ago

the.yeast.we.co...

Adding diversity via fruits

1 day 15 min ago

Oui Oui Baguette

1 day 12 hours ago

jo_en

jalapeño puree in clas loaf

1 day 18 hours ago

tpassin

Has anyone Tried The Loaf Nest Pan?

1 day 19 hours ago

Paul T

Overnight Country Blonde Question

2 days 14 hours ago

chocoberrie

Bottom blowout on baking stone

2 days 20 hours ago

Borqui

Pullman bread caved in on top

2 days 20 hours ago

tothpianopeter

Panettone Questions

2 days 21 hours ago

ShadyRoomBot

Panettone, lievito madre extremely acidic

4 days 17 hours ago

mwilson

Adventures in durum

4 days 19 hours ago

tpassin

White Rice Starter Sourdough Loaf

Recent comments

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on Trapezoid bench scraper

BrianShaw

SFBI

2 hours 6 sec ago

on LM lacks vitality

mwilson

LAB influence too strong

4 hours 26 min ago

on Greeting from the PNW

Alana856

Greeting

9 hours 13 min ago

on What Scoring Tool Do You Use?

Postal Grunt

13 hours 5 min ago

on LM lacks vitality

SueVT

I agree on the flour

13 hours 15 min ago

on Steam Baking Master French...

Seastwold

Goodwill rescue

14 hours 23 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

tpassin

I stand corrected - though I

14 hours 24 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

Abe

14 hours 59 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

the.yeast.we.co...

They can be. Michael Gänzle

15 hours 8 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

the.yeast.we.co...

Type 2 sourdough is LAB only,

12 hours 25 min ago

on LM lacks vitality

Abe

Perhaps

15 hours 37 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

Abe

Does anyone know...

16 hours 59 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

tpassin

IIUC, Type 2 sourdough

17 hours 20 min ago

on Adding diversity via fruits

the.yeast.we.co...

@TomP: Fair points. I suspect

18 hours 6 min ago

on Gluten Soup

rafaelwa

I Agree

Bread Browser

Overnight Country Blonde Question

Slow-Baked Finnish Rye Jalkuunileipa (Finland)

Chile Cream Cheese Sourdough

Mini loaf

Bottom blowout on baking stone

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pmccool

Santa came early!

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CalBeachBaker

Slow-Baked Finnish Rye Jalkuunileipa (Finland)

1 day 22 hours ago

occidental

Chile Cream Cheese Sourdough

2 days 10 hours ago

VickiePNW

Mini loaf

2 days 17 hours ago

kendalm

First baguette since pandemic

2 days 21 hours ago

tothpianopeter

The Giorilli Panettone II

4 days 13 hours ago

occidental

Today's bake: Blue Corn Sourdough

5 days 34 min ago

Tom C

5 days 1 hour ago

aly-hassabelnaby

The Breads of Egypt - Fayesh

Recent Advanced/Off-Topic Posts

2 weeks 23 hours ago

Precaud

Is discussing yogurt making OK here?

2 weeks 6 days ago

Anonymous baker (not verified)

Acetic Acid / Vinegar in Dough

3 weeks 2 days ago

breadomatic

Mixing more water in after kneading...

1 month 6 days ago

arma411

Bread Dad Jokes

1 month 2 weeks ago

The Roadside Pi...

The Happy birthday to Floyd thread

1 month 3 weeks ago

pmccool

Today is Floyd’s birthday!

1 month 3 weeks ago

pain_de_remesy

From: Microbiology of Fermented Foods 🤓

4 months 2 weeks ago

TMac

Problem with elasticity and holding shape

5 months 2 weeks ago

TiuingGum

Rye is extending bulk fermentation time.

7 months 2 weeks ago

Precaud

Baking recipe organizer app for Android?

7 months 3 weeks ago

mwilson

Quintessentially British

8 months 1 week ago

hajonnes

minimizing gluten formation?

8 months 2 weeks ago

N62769

Hobart N50, 5 Quart / Qt. Commercial Mixer; Model...

8 months 2 weeks ago

Evrenbingol

Liquid to Stiff Starter.

9 months 1 week ago

drewgi

Recipe Calculators, Converters, Spreadsheets

9 months 2 weeks ago

mwilson

This Week in Wine

9 months 3 weeks ago

Vinay Hasija

Ingredient Unit Conversion Tool

10 months 3 days ago

singingloon

Hybrid rye grains

10 months 3 weeks ago

riserofthebre4ds

Anyone ever bought starter dough off someone...

1 year 1 day ago

DutchSourdough

Question on bulk fermenting with cold room...

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