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Saccharified Polenta Sourdough

Braided loaf with Sharbati atta, matcha coconut loaves and other bakes

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Klaus

couch sticking to dough

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Pastrami on Rye

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GaryBishop

Sourdough Starter and Maillard Reaction in...

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teajay

"Blowouts" in wood oven, not in dutch...

2 days 15 hours ago

alcophile

Lönner one-stage sourdough process

2 days 16 hours ago

J3rowne

Bread troubleshooting request

3 days 43 min ago

loaflove

overfermentation

3 days 3 hours ago

mwilson

Panettone Universal Method Calculator

3 days 14 hours ago

The Roadside Pi...

Brooklyn Sicilian pizza with double pepperoni

4 days 2 hours ago

bitcat70

Would rye malt be helpful in establishing rye...

4 days 3 hours ago

metropical

refrigerated dough rise time in humidity

4 days 20 hours ago

albacore

Landbrot

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Kjknits

Sourdough puff pastry

5 days 10 hours ago

Akbar Chef

Recent comments

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on "Blowouts" in wood...

therearenotenou...

Oven temp curve

11 hours 51 min ago

on "Blowouts" in wood...

teajay

These are all great

12 hours 5 min ago

on couch sticking to dough

jo_en

brown rice flour

14 hours 2 min ago

on Lönner one-stage sourdough...

alcophile

I agree with @tpassin.

15 hours 6 min ago

on KitchenAid K5-A vs Hobart N50

Gandalf

The seller has asked UPS for

15 hours 32 min ago

on Lönner one-stage sourdough...

tpassin

Lonner is trying to get a

16 hours 12 min ago

on Lönner one-stage sourdough...

jkandell

“I do believe that your...

18 hours 18 min ago

on couch sticking to dough

mariana

Non-stick surfaces

23 hours 13 min ago

on Sourdough Starter and...

Abe

So it's not the lack of...

23 hours 24 min ago

on Sourdough Starter and...

alcophile

Fewer amino acids available

23 hours 36 min ago

on Sourdough Starter and...

alcophile

Chemistry rules!

1 day 1 hour ago

on Sourdough Starter and...

Abe

One thing i'm unsure...

1 day 5 hours ago

on "Blowouts" in wood...

tpassin

It would be worthwhile to

1 day 6 hours ago

on "Blowouts" in wood...

MichaelLily

Good point

1 day 10 hours ago

on "Blowouts" in wood...

therearenotenou...

Oven still too hot???

Bread Browser

Eric Hanner's favorite N.Y. onion rye

Bread troubleshooting request

No spring

Brooklyn Sicilian pizza with double pepperoni

Sourdough puff pastry

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Recent Advanced/Off-Topic Posts

2 months 6 days ago

TMac

Problem with elasticity and holding shape

3 months 6 days ago

TiuingGum

Rye is extending bulk fermentation time.

5 months 3 days ago

Precaud

Baking recipe organizer app for Android?

5 months 1 week ago

mwilson

Quintessentially British

6 months 3 hours ago

hajonnes

minimizing gluten formation?

6 months 4 days ago

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

6 months 5 days ago

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Liquid to Stiff Starter.

6 months 3 weeks ago

drewgi

Recipe Calculators, Converters, Spreadsheets

7 months 3 days ago

mwilson

This Week in Wine

7 months 1 week ago

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Ingredient Unit Conversion Tool

7 months 2 weeks ago

singingloon

Hybrid rye grains

8 months 1 week ago

riserofthebre4ds

Anyone ever bought starter dough off someone...

9 months 3 weeks ago

DutchSourdough

Question on bulk fermenting with cold room...

9 months 3 weeks ago

rondayvous

Japan beat Germany and France

10 months 3 weeks ago

rondayvous

Single Celled Fungi

11 months 2 weeks ago

baymaxbakes

Brioche hydration and sticky concerns

1 year 19 hours ago

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One of my other hobbies

1 year 4 days ago

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Flour moisture content

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Save energy by baking bread on top of the stove...

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Low ash content flours

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