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Durum Whole Wheat with Smoked Cherries and Caramelized Onions Sourdough

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My wife found these smoked cherries online, from a company called SMKD, so of course, I needed to try them. They are very smoky tasting, so I didn’t want to go overboard and only used a small amount.

I figured some caramelized onions would be a good complement, along with the fresh milled durum and Butlers Gold whole wheat.

The natural sugars in the cherries and caramelized onions, along with the FMF, really supercharged the bulk, and it probably was a little over-fermented.

Guinness Vermont Cheddar-Bacon Cheese Sour Dough Pretzel Rolls

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I just returned from a trip to Vermont, one of my favorite places. Stocked up on a ton of Vermont cheese and some goodies from King Arthur.

I used a high-content Kerry’s Gold butter in this one. Instead of my usual mix of FMF with durum, I used some fresh-milled Stardust whole wheat and fresh-milled spelt along with some KAF bread flour.

The cheese matched perfectly with the malty flavor of the Guinness, along with a little dark cocoa powder.

Multi-grain Black and White Sesame Sourdough

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Made with fresh milled whole wheat, rye, and spelt. A few roasted potatoes whipped in my mini-food processor were added along with black and white sesame seeds.

I normally don't add sesame seeds inside the dough so this was something different for me. I gave half the loaf to a work colleague, and he said it was his favorite to date :).

Nice, moist, and tasty crumb. 87% fresh milled flour.

Durum Whole Wheat Garlic Egg Parmesan Sourdough

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Made with fresh milled durum and Marquis WW flour and a little bread flour in the starter.

I added grated Parmesan in the starter and the main dough. My wife had recently made confit garlic so I mashed some up and added it as well.

The sweet garlic and copious amounts of cheese created a fragrant bread that had a soft crumb and tasted delicious. I’ve been grilling some slices after brushing on some good quality EVO and it is amazing.

Rye and Spelt Sour Dough w/ a Rye Scald & Sprouted Sunflower Seeds and Walnuts

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I was not originally planning on using my pullman pan for this bake, but with the high percentage of rye and spelt fresh-milled flour in this bake, there was no chance of getting this into anything else to bake.

I used fresh milled Ryman Rye from Barton Springs Mill along with some fresh milled spelt. Both were sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting in my MockMill 200.

I decided to do a scald, which provides added plasticity to the crust and crumb. It also tends to make the crumb softer. I used fresh-milled Ryman Rye that was not sifted.

96% Whole Wheat FMF with WW and Corn Flour Scald

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The only store-bought flour used in this bake was the small amount from the seed starter to make the levain. I wanted to use as close to 100% fresh-milled flour as I could. Barton Springs Mill, Butler’s Gold whole wheat berries, and Blue Hopi corn were used in this bake. The results were pretty good. The dough fermented a little too long during bulk, and there was not much oven spring or refrigerator rise either.

I used my new, smaller-sized square bannetons, and I could have definitely used more dough in each basket. Next time, I will up the overall dough amount.

Durum Whole Wheat Ricotta with Pecans Sourdough

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Made with fresh milled durum and Star Dust whole wheat. I added some Italian-style fresh ricotta for softness and some honey for a little sweetness.

Pecans were chopped roughly and added at the end of mixing. I probably should have laminated the pecans in which would have distributed them more evenly, but I chose to be lazy :).

Whole Wheat-Spelt Ricotta Sourdough

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16Jul

I love adding fresh ricotta cheese to bread. It creates a nice soft, flavorful crumb. I also added some tasty cocoa-flavored honey, which really brought this one over the top.

I made one large miche for this bake. The crumb came out nice and open, and the crust was dark and flavorful.

This bake had 73% fresh milled flour, milled with my Mockmill 200. I sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting.

Rye with Slow Cooker Cherry Swirl

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A wonderful full-flavored rye with a hint of sweetness from the cherries, which were cooked in my mini crockpot overnight and puréed in my food processor. A very moist and moderately open crumb.

Made with fresh milled DanKo Rye and KAF High Gluten Flour. Mixed in my Ankarsrum and open-baked with steam.

This bake had 63% fresh milled flour, milled with my Mockmill 200. I sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting.