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Multigrain Dual Levain boule

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Haven’t cut it yet. I haven’t made this one in awhile. Sorted through past posts and decided to to try with different grains. My YW has been going strong as has my SD culture. I used 1/2 YW levain ( made with AP flour) and 1/2 SD levain also with AP flour. I also used 200 g of straight AWY. Mock mill grains, rye, white hard  Spring wheat, Yecoro Rojo  and added Arrowhead AP. Includes the Trinity as usual ( buttermilk today). Overnight bulk retard shaped and rose this morning as baguettes baked. Will post crumb when cools. 

Apple Yeast Water levain Baguettes

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This is batch 9 of my 20 kg sack of T 65 French flour from L'Epicerie. 800 g per batch of 6 loaves . I’m very pleased. This is a first using 100% YW levain . I tweaked the ingredients by doubling the levain from 80g to 160g and adjusted the ingredients to reflect that. I also baked 3 per pan rather than 2 and increased the baking time. 

Here’s the crumb. The flavor is exceptional. 

white chicken chilie with roasted Hatch Chilies .

Nut cranberry biga bread for lunch

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It's been a sad few weeks of my starter being underused. Now with work winding down and the parties beginning, it's time for some serious baking again.

Just made this basic biga bread for lunch. 60% of the flour is pre-fermented with an overnight biga, and the next day the other 40% is added with water and salt. Overall hydration is about 70%. Takes 4 hours from mixing to taking it out of the oven.

Croatian Bishop's Bread! (Holiday Vibes)

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Hello breadheads,

I decided to switch it up for the holiday season and try my hand at some holiday breads. This bread comes from Croatia and is pretty dense (in the best way). The recipe is pretty simple as far as pan breads go and I love how chocolate chips, cherries, and walnuts are added in pretty large quantities. Could definitely go well with milk or egg nog I say.