Started out a failure but ended up a success!

Over the last 2 weeks, I bought a couple of things to fulfill my curiosity in bread making. First off, I bought 'Bread Revolution' by Peter Reinhart. It is an interesting book, lots of explaination and beautiful bread pictures too. Though, there was one particular chapter that caught my attention, Sprouted Flour Bread. 

I know dabrownman is the godfather on TFL when it comes to sprouted grain bread. Read his blog a couple of times, impressive indeed but never felt adventurous enough to wade into that territory. So with this book in tow, I too, have decided to sprout my own grain. Went to the health food store but only able to find some oat groat...no rye or wheat berries either. With my inexperienced eyes, I only realised that those groats are actually hulled. Not wanting to dampen the spirit, I went ahead and tried sprouting them but to no avail. Followed the sprouting process like how Mr Reinhart advised and ground the groats into flour. 

Then came Tuesday...my spanking new toy for the kitchen, my beloved Dutch Oven arrived, yay! The result of those two things ended up as a very tasty loaf of tartine bread indeed. I got what I have always hoped for in a loaf, brown crunchy thin crust, good oven spring and open crumbs! What else could I ask for? 

Crumb shot...I can see an ear!

Breakfast time : )

Please feel free to comment. Happy Baking!

Regards,

FrugalBaker