April 27, 2015 - 5:42pm
Too Much of a Good Thing, Oatmeal Sourdough
This week's loaf is based on Tartine's "Oat Porridge Bread." http://www.theperfectloaf.com/oat-porridge-sourdough/
The bread was quite tasty, but I'm not happy with the crumb. I think the dough may have been too hydrated since I added water along with the oatmeal. I noticed that the wetness of the dough also made it exceedingly hard to shape and hold the scoring pattern.
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Your crumb looks pretty darn good, but perhaps it's softer than you'd prefer... Check out this blog for another take on oat porridge bread from Ian:
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/38555/ians-oat-porridge-bread
Have you tried your toasted? I bet it's delish!
Cathy
Thank you! That definitely looks like more of what I was looking for. Toast is on the menu for breakfast tomorrow and I think that may give me more of the texture I'm looking for in the meantime.
What exactly was your problem with the crumb? Or if not a problem, what more were you looking for? That all around looks like a good loaf of bread to me.
Thank you! It turned out denser than I was hoping. It was a very wet dough, so it's not dry, but still quite dense.
the hydration might have been too high. Or the cooked oats might have been too gloopy. Oats are much heavier than wheat and adding oats does makes a big difference and the darn things cook so different from one box to the next. That's a great looking site and I quickly found a waffle recipe I want to try with my antique waffle iron. Great photography there too.
Your loaf looks beautiful despite your critique.
the hydration might have been too high. Or the cooked oats might have been too gloopy. Oats are much heavier than wheat and adding oats does makes a big difference and the darn things cook so different from one box to the next. That's a great looking site and I quickly found a waffle recipe I want to try with my antique waffle iron. Great photography there too.
Your loaf looks beautiful despite your critique.
I'm definitely going to give it another try knowing what I do now. I love the timelines on that site.
Thank you!
When my post didn't appear, I paged back (copied the text just in case) and then hit the preview instead of save, then scrolled down and hit save. Post then appeared intact as a second post. (whew!)