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Wow, it's been a bit over a year since my last post.  Time to rectify that!  I baked my first loaf in 2012 a few days ago.  I meant to bake Susan's Simple Sourdough but after going by memory and adding too much water I had to improvise a bit to keep the overall hydration in the ballpark of what it should be.  Anyhow, the loaf turned out great, with a crackly crust and a fairly open crumb.  Best to all your baking efforts in 2012.

My stocks have been running low. Grains, flour, salt and even the bread in the freezer have all taken a beating over a busy Christmas period.

With suppliers back on board after holidays I was more than a little relieved when a new shipment of biodynamic wheat and spelt grains finally arraived.

Hi all,

Can someone pls inform  me why it is suggested that we use cornflour or cornmeal on the peel, transfer paddle or the couche cloth instead of AP flour or regular bread flour? What's the difference?

I gotta say, that even though I've only worked with whole wheat twice now, I haven't run into an ingredient that puts me on edge as much as this one. 

This bake was triggered by Karin's tease bake here. The recipe is from Peter Reinhart's Wholegrain breads. The bread is an enriched bread that contains lots of seeds, such as sesame, flax, sunflower, and pumpkin seeds (i used crushed walnut instead).

[color=blue]Baking Wood Fired Oven Pizza.[/color]

Ecco un breve video delle mie pizzate. Buona visione!

[color=blue]Here a short video of my pizza baking in the wood fired oven. Have fun![/color]

I'm not dead, it just feels that way. I spent the holidays either travelling or cooking for New Year's, so didn't get around to the challenge until 2012. I made a fatal error, as well, relying on memory instead of looking at the schedule. Thus, we have Almond Horns instead of Almond Buns.

Due, quasi tre giorni di lavorazione per un buon Panettone a Lievitazione Naturale.
Almeno un giorno per mettere in forza la "madre", 12-14 ore per il primo impasto, 6-8 ore per il secondo impasto, 12 ore di raffreddamento, almeno 24 ore di riposo. Tanti tuorli, tanto burro, tanto zucchero, vera bacca di vaniglia, scorza di arancia e limone, uvetta ...

Hello,
freerk posted in December about Levine's Divine Speculaas Rolls; they certainly did look divine to me,
and perfect to bake for Christmas gifts. They were so delicious!, I baked them twice, wanting to share these :^)

Update: I wanted to include the link to Levine's original post (another lovely photo),

I am wondering if any folks on this site, have some tried and true low sodium around 100 -150 milligrams per serving recipes for bread that they liked to share.