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Interesting Facts About Baker's Yeast

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Baker's Yeast has an influential role in the baking process. If the right amount of yeast is not included in the recipe, it will lead to an undesirable taste and improper texture in your bread. SwissBake brings before you some interesting facts about baker's yeast and its importance in bread making.

Importance Of Dough Mixing And Dough Mixing Methods

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For a layman who is trying to bake bread, the processes of mixing the dough are only mixing all the ingredients together and get a dough. But mixing dough has more scientific importance in bread making which is directly responsible for the quality of bread produced, i.e the final output. So the process of mixing the dough in breadmaking has its own importance, which cannot be overlooked at since it will definitely affect the final output as bread.

Purposes Of Mixing Dough Are:

Not my Grandma's white bread

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I did another bake of FWSY Overnight White again today, with a couple of differences. One was caused by scheduling difficulties, the other by absent-mindedness! But at least they show that I feel I now have enough experience as a baker to make changes and still feel confident of the results!

San Francisco sourdough with a Bucharest feel

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Ever since I started baking sourdough bread, I knew that San Francisco sourdough would be my favorite recipe, especially after reading the glowing reviews Dsnyder and Codruta (codrudepaine) have given it. Having tried it a few times now, I reckon it's presentable enough for the tough judges on the Internet, so there goes my first post on TFL. :)

First bake

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First sour dough made with out using a baking container. Not as much oven spring. wood burning oven runs around 500. When it cools I'll see what the crumbs like. It's the cranberry pecan loaf from breadtopia

Sprouted 5 Grain Bran Levain Sourdough with Cranberries and Pistachios

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Lucy was trying to get back to her bread roots with lots of add ins.  This is also the 5th year since we started sprouting our own grains and adding them into breads.  Originally we sprouted them and added them into the mix when the stretch and folds began and then later started drying them and grinding them into flour too.

Crusty sour dough

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made this Yesterday with recipe from King Arthur's sour dough classes. Used mixing technique from Breadwerxs . The crumb is wonderful,and the flavor also.