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Best Ways to Fix Flat Sourdough
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Diagnosing sourdough that’s not rising properly To be absolutely clear, flat pancaked loaves are one of the most common issues in the sourdough bread world. There is no reason to feel like a failure or to be tempted by forfeiting the amazing learning process that is sourdough. Many bakers have experienced the same results you…
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How to Make Sourdough Starter Easy-Level
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Have you ever made an attempt to understand something and ended up more confused than when you started? This was me when I ventured down the path of learning how to make sourdough bread. I quickly learned that sourdough needs a starter to get things going. I remember hearing about people ordering some kind of…
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What Is 00 Flour? Demystifying This Puzzling Baking Ingredient
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So tell me, what’s really going on with this super-breed of 00 Italian flour? What is 00 flour? Is it Italian? Is it gluten-free? Does it contain less protein than regular types of flour? Can it be used in replacement of all-purpose flour? These are all stellar questions that we’re going to take a look…
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Five to Fifty-Five Loaves: Pain au Levain Mémoires de Québec
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Initially drafted in February 2023. I delayed publishing for initial uncertainty of discoveries made regarding our “open bake” process. After thorough testing and many more loaves, I’m now confident in the content of this article and happy to have it published. From the end of November 2022 to the middle of January 2023, my cousin…
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Adventures in Sourdough Land.. From Starter to Five Loaves
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BEGINNING OUR FIRST EVER STARTER November 10, 2022 Using white bleached flour, my cousin and I created our first starter. We decided starting was much more necessary than acquiring the ideal flour. We had the option of buying a dried starter, but opted to go the route of starting from scratch. No, it’s not named…
