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Tartine Bread wild yeast (sourdough)

wild yeast (aka sourdough) bread, buns, bagels, biscuits, waffles, onion rings, etc. etc.

It takes just 5 days to create a wild-yeast starter.... Once you've compared the taste of bread made with wild yeast to that of bread made with commercial yeast, you may well never buy commercial yeast again (how to convert bread recipe calling for commercial yeast to make it with wild yeast).

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Second Attempt at Arkatena Bread

Saturday, February 1st, 2020

summary: trying again to make Arkatena Bread; chickpea flour starter sure does bubble; how to deal with failure; crackers; I feel like such a failure, having resorted to adding commercial yeast! Our fake Arkatena bread was really good though. I do plan to try again with the actual recipe – really I do   – […] Continue reading »

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Arkatena Bread… Almost (BBB January 2020)

Thursday, January 16th, 2020

summary: new year, new difficulties for a new year; how to fail at following instructions; …do as I say, not as I did; attempting to make a chickpea flour wild starter; foam galore; lost photos; recipe for Arkatena Bread, inspiration: Arkatena Bread recipe, p190-193, Bread Matters by Andrew Whitley; cheating with commercial yeast; a Bread […] Continue reading »

Filed under: baking, BBBabes, bread - yeasted & unyeasted, bread recipe, food & drink, posts with recipes, whine, wild yeast (sourdough)

Sharing and Home-milled Red Fife Flour

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019

summary: Organic red fife flour; generosity of friends; Biscuit making, 100% whole wheat bread; sharing to feed the hungry; We have the most generous friends! Look what we made because of them! We cannot believe how very fortunate we are to be able to get the most wonderful eggs from our lovely friends who have […] Continue reading »

Filed under: baking, bread - yeasted & unyeasted, food & drink, hunger, wild yeast (sourdough)

Define “Savoury”…. (BBB November 2019)

Saturday, November 16th, 2019

summary: it’s too early for snow; recipe for Wild Savoury Danish Crown; making substitutions; reading difficulties; almost late… again; information about Bread Baking Babes; The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! Bread Baking Babes (BBB): Sourdough Danish Crown Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting! I was determined not to be late […] Continue reading »

Filed under: baking, bread - yeasted & unyeasted, bread recipe, food & drink, posts with recipes, whine, wild yeast (sourdough)

Things that go bump in the night

Thursday, October 31st, 2019

summary: Again?? …but we don’t want flatbread; sourdough fail; Oh boy! Squirrel Food! cue sound effects Bwa-ha-ha-haa!!   We kept thinking about the fact that feeding our Jane Mason 100% whole wheat starter with unbleached all-purpose “no additives” flour should really have worked. The following should never have occurred.     I took the usual […] Continue reading »

Filed under: baking, bread - yeasted & unyeasted, food & drink, whine, wild yeast (sourdough)

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