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Greetings from yet another newbie

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breadandthebees

Greetings from yet another newbie

Hi everyone! I've been bitten by the bread-making bug and have it real bad. I am so happy there is place for me to come to for loads of advice, etc. Thank you!

So my method is stretching and folding; and am trying to follow Ken Forkish's tip on flipping the dough over after a stretch and fold session so that the folds are at the bottom of the dough. I can't seem to do it. I tend to double the recipe so perhaps my hands are too small? I will try to upload a couple of pictures. Maybe I'm trying too hard to be textbook perfect?

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breadandthebees

... for the humongous photos. I'll get better at this, I promise.

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Floydm

Looks good to me.  Welcome!

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dmsnyder

Welcome to TFL and the Fellowship of the Bread-baking Bitten!

David

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Dave

Welcome aboard! It only gets better from here!

Beautiful crust and crumb as well. Looks like you've got the bottom of the loaf nice and dark. That's the best and most flavorful way to have it!

I have always flipped my dough after every stretch and fold as well. Don't worry, it doesn't have to be perfect. After my stretch and fold I round it off and let it rest.

Cheers!

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dabrownman

looks great.  Well done and Welcome

Happy Baking