Homemade Bread Thread

I want that & some butter in my face.

 

Not exactly bread, but...

 

Unless they're Pillsberry I think they count, look delicious!

 

LOL, not Popping fresh, and Thanks. Here's a good look at those buttery laters puffing up in the oven.

 

Care to share the recipe?

 

Sure this is it, and there are good videos on u tube showing how to fold the dough and butter then cut triangles to roll up. http://www.marthastewart.com/312981/croissants

 

This weeks loaf, slashed deeper and had a shallow pan of water in the oven while baking as per chefrex's suggestions.

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Here's a sourdough I recently baked.

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That looks awesome!!!

 

Slash it like you want to hurt it, I'll post a picture if I remember tomorrow. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1443935833.279950.jpg

 

That's a mighty pretty loaf!
Well done! Regards, GF.

 

Slash it like it owes you money

 

Today's loaf, View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1443988521.151591.jpg

 

Latest attempt

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Today's loaf, one day loaf, poor planing on my part, feed this morning, baked tonight, not much in the way of sour but the spring was there View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1445212733.323222.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1445212755.474342.jpg

 

A loaf today and another tomorrow View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1447029928.024556.jpg View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1447029941.792313.jpg

 

Quit loafing around!

 

Baked another loaf today, same batch as yesterday, it's going to work tomorrow, View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1447104082.129607.jpg

 

Bob, that is so picture-perfect!!

 

After trying many times to get a starter going from scratch. I gave up and asked for some from the local bakery. She went back and brought me a soup container full. I fed it last night and wow. It's a monster. Hoping to bake tonight or tomorrow.

 

Asiago cheese bread and onion bread!

 

That looks marvelous! Kinda artistic the way you did the top. Now I really gotta get those new fancy bread pans! :rockin:

 

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Pumpkin sourdough with sliced almonds. I made two loaves, so it ended up kind of short.

 

Wow, I finally reached the end!

Every starter I tried creating ended up in a disturbingly smelly mess, so I sent away for "Carl's Friends" starter about a week ago. Up until now, I've been successfully making the no-knead recipe using traditional bakers yeast. Looking forward to a sourdough!

 

All starters will be a disturbingly smelly mess depending how they are fed, especially the ratio of flour to water and the frequency of the feedings. More liquid and less frequent times favors bacteria over yeast. Drier and more frequent feedings favor yeast and less sour. It takes some time and experimentation to get it just how you want it.

 

Bread was gone so fast I didn't have time to take pictures. I sure wish I had more time to bake these days.

 

I promised myself I'd start baking bread more this fall, hope to get a loaf in the oven this weekend.

Quick question, when you all feed your starters, how much flour/water do you add? I've seen everywhere people say 1:1 flour to water, but my starter just seems super thin lately. Should I up the flour?

 

Ratio? I do about 1:1 by weight (which should be about 2:1 flour to water by volume). Should be thick batter, not really pourable.

Up the flour for a couple feeds if the starter is running thin tho

 

Hey, that looks good - what kind of bread is it?

 

I do mine 1:1 by volume, pourable, if it gets too soupy I add a little more flour.
It's been around a long time, I haven't killed it yet and thanks for the reminder, time to feed

 

I just got my "Carl's Friend" going the last week. It is a whole new ballgame so far. Much more active. The smell is biscuity and not sour so far. It is very gelatinous compared to my other starters over the years. The pizza dough was greatly improved but I have not experimented with bread much. I'm actually considering throwing my other starter out. Good luck!

 

anyone have a 1 lb bread machine recipe,? white bread

 

What is this "white bread" you speak of???

 

What's this "bread machine" you speak of???

 

bread machine, noun
1.an apparatus using or applying mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function and together performing a particular task:
2. to make bread
3. an apparatus used by those who dont know **** about bread
4. gift from sister, who probably stole it, another story,another time

 

White Bread =

 

I use a bread machine all the time for mixing and proofing on a custom cycle. It's a ZO I paid 6 bucks for at Goodwill. It's been dependable for 7 years. Beats spending the money on a Kitchenaid mixer and proof box. It all ends up on a stone in the oven.

 

My hands is my machine!

 

thats how i make biscuits

is bread the same way as biscuits, it is actually the less you handle the dough
the fluffy'er the bread.

with my biscuits, less is better,the longer i knead, the flatter the biscuit

i use southern biscuit flour,butter,milk

 

I thought you were one of the grammar nazis

This is my machine, View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1448060529.806344.jpg

Setting up a couple loafs to ferment for a couple days.