This thread is awesome. How have I over looked this section of the board!
Juat got into baking some sourdough last fall. My attempts have been anemic in my opinion, but they are tasty.
Consistency is my goal. I'm going to try to bake every weekend for the next few months to develop some type of repeatable recipe. I think weighing my ingredients will be the starting point.
Here's last night's attempt. The crust is crunchy, the middle is chewy, but my loaves are always flat.
This was an attempt to see how dough moisture effects the end loaf. The loaf on the right was a very wet, sticky dough. The one on the left was a very dense, dry dough. I think wet, sticky dough wins this round.
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I have the same problem with flat loaves. They’re always so dense too. Taste great, crispy crust and chewy bread but I want bigger, lighter loaves with those big bubbles - is there an end to end how to with recipe I’m missing?
The last few loaves I did a no knead thing where I just did a stretch and fold every hour and there was more bigger holes.I have the same problem with flat loaves. They’re always so dense too. Taste great, crispy crust and chewy bread but I want bigger, lighter loaves with those big bubbles - is there an end to end how to with recipe I’m missing?
I have the same problem with flat loaves. They’re always so dense too. Taste great, crispy crust and chewy bread but I want bigger, lighter loaves with those big bubbles - is there an end to end how to with recipe I’m missing?
So, for me, I'm just starting this bread making thing. As such, I don't think I've been following proper techniques to get a good rise. It drives me nuts too.I have the same problem with flat loaves. They’re always so dense too. Taste great, crispy crust and chewy bread but I want bigger, lighter loaves with those big bubbles - is there an end to end how to with recipe I’m missing?
Your recipe is pretty close to mine except you are using a bit less starter and slightly lower hydration but almost twice the salt.This is the recipe I'm using.
100 grams sourdough starter
250 grams water
12 grams kosher salt
394 grams flour
Please make any suggestions for modifications. I like to keep my loaves small because I'm the only one who eats this in the house. My wife and kids don't like sourdough.
The dough from yesterday is out and warming now. I'll bake later today. Pics to come.
Thanks. I normally bake on the weekends, but I've already started another batch of starter. I'll play with the hydration this next try. I can always take my attempts to work. My coworkers will appreciate my "failures".@bstacy1974 That looks like a pretty good loaf, definitely looks soft and chewy.
Seems like you get pretty good lift over the cut, but not as much over the edges and the bottom. The surface of your dough looks a bit dry maybe give it spritz of water to soften the surface so it can stretch. Doing a X might help to get it to expand over a larger area might work too.
This is the recipe I'm using.
100 grams sourdough starter
250 grams water
12 grams kosher salt
394 grams flour
Please make any suggestions for modifications. I like to keep my loaves small because I'm the only one who eats this in the house. My wife and kids don't like sourdough.
The dough from yesterday is out and warming now. I'll bake later today. Pics to come.
I THINK (could be wrong!) that gas ovens have more moisture in the air than electric ovens.
Your last pic looks like you got great results! How did you bake it, what changes did you make?
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