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**RonB** · September 30, 2024, 09:06 PM

I forgot about the second pizza dough in the refrigerator. It's supposed to last 5 days in the fridge, but I didn't notice until 6 days after I put it in the fridge. What should I do? Bake it anyway of course, and I did. Just a simple batard. It didn't have much strength and kinda settled during the final rise, but this was just a simple experiment with nothing lost if it didn't turn out well.

I preheated the oven with the baking steel on the middle rack to 350° and placed the dough on the rack. I covered it with the top of our roasting pan and slipped one ice cube onto the steel just under the lid. At 15 min it had risen some, but had very little color, so I removed the lid and increased the temp to 450°. I removed it from the oven when it had good color and let it cool a bit.

The taste was very good but the crust was harder than I prefer. The crumb was soft like sandwich bread, but a bit denser than I was hoping for. I did enjoy eating it over the next 2 days and I enjoyed both the experiment and the bread.

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**NumbWhistle** · October 6, 2024, 01:23 PM

My first 100% whole wheat naturally leavened loaf. While there are some areas for improvement, it turned out pretty well overall. Most importantly, my bread obsessed dog (Pharaoh) approved!

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**jehlydonuts** · October 8, 2024, 05:17 PM

Kids are home from college:

**jehlydonuts** · October 8, 2024, 05:19 PM

…and babka:

**Donw** · October 10, 2024, 10:48 AM

October so time to get back in the baking mood. Today was focaccia. (Half and half since my wife can’t eat onions.)

**Richard Chrz** · October 17, 2024, 01:08 PM

I was diagnosed with Baker’s Asthma this week, trying out Baclava’s and masks, & inhaler.

This mornings bakes. 16 of these are for the team up I do to help pay off our school district’s lunch deficit.

**RonB** · October 27, 2024, 08:53 PM

I ran out of loaf bread again, so it was time to bake. Same ol' stuff. One loaf and some rolls second photo is for SheilaAnn . I don't like taking photos of the bread's interior 'cause they always come out crumby.

Second photo shows how tender it was.

**J-Melt** · November 2, 2024, 06:56 PM

I have not been baking bread as much during the summer, but maybe I’ll pick it up more as it cools down. I struggle with the idea of fighting against the AC with my oven. Here is tonight’s bake.

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**texastweeter** · November 3, 2024, 10:19 PM

Pumpkin pie with gingersnap crust. Used some of the pumpkin pure we put up from.last years harvest, and yard eggs. Over beat the eggs and brown sugar as I got sidetracked while on maneuvers in the back yard trying to vanquish a possum that keeps getting into the trash and outside dog food, but I bet the pie eats just fine.

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**treesmacker** · November 9, 2024, 06:44 PM

I finally got two ears! I can hear clearly now! From no ears to almost too much ear! After watching many online reels, I came across the idea of scoring, baking for the first five minutes, and then re-scoring under the original score. This worked, though maybe it was not necessary - I'll have to experiment more with that. The only other change, besides the recipe, is using boiling water in a cast iron pan inserted at start of bake for the steam.

These loaves are sourdough beer rye. 420g bread flour, 80g rye flour, 320g beer (Stella Artois 11.2 oz bottle), 100g starter, 12g salt, and a squirt of honey - per loaf. Haphazardly thrown together because I'm supplying bread for our RV group gathering and I wasn't totally happy with my regular sourdough loaves; though they will be fine I'm sure.

**treesmacker** · November 25, 2024, 06:23 PM

I bought some new stainless steel pans to try the upside pan on top (for steam) method. My sourdough was prepared in the usual manner, with the only difference being to plop in these pans after cold proof in the fridge overnight. An identical upside pan was placed on top for the first 25 minutes of the bake, then finished without top pan. I'm pleased with the results for first time try. I think this will make great toaster/sandwich bread.

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**Donw** · November 26, 2024, 01:30 PM

Baking was basically halted for the Summer except for focaccia breads which are so quick and easy. Just now getting back into the swing of things now that it is the holidays.