Anyone doing Pandemic bread?
I've been doing breads/etc for a while, but definitely picking up these days.
No Knead by Kenji at Serious Eats is my go to. So damn simple and so damn good.
I'm doing a Brat Roll recipe today. Will see how that turns out. My last 3 bakes
Sourdough
Japanese Milk Bread Rolls
Popovers
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boss is doing 'sourdough' starters for about a week now, can't get yeast anywhere, much like TP...lol
Recently introduced popover to my daughter. Flour, salt, eggs and milk, she thought this was going nowhere. Now she wants them for every meal.
I've been baking my own bread, dinner rolls, buns, etc. for years. Buying bread products without all the "extras" in it costs too much. I use my bread machine to mix up the dough because of the arthritis in my hands. I've gone through two or three machines without ever using the baking cycle - I shape and bake in my oven.
We have a West Bend bread machine and started using it again. Got some yeast thru Amazon because could not find any in the stores. My favorite is an egg bread. Going to try some rye bread tomorrow.
That sourdough loaf looks amazing.
Pic of my Kenji No Knead I made Sunday.
Mixed flour, water, yeast, salt Saturday at like 6PM. Just covered with plastic wrap and sat on counter. For every 100g of Flour add 1g of yeast, 2.5 grams of salt, and 70 grams of water. I do 400g loaves so - 400g flour, 4g yeast, 10g salt, 280 grams water. Used AP flour and it's totally fine. bread flour might be a bit chewier, but no access to bread flour right now, so AP it is.
Did folds in the bowl at 6PM and 8PM Sat night. Woke up at 6AM Sunday, did a fold. Took it out at 11AM shaped into a torpedo-ish shape on top of parchment, and covered with floured towel. Got Dutch Oven in stove at 1PM to preheat at 500. At 2PM, scored the bread with sharp knife and placed (on parchment to make it easier) inside dutch oven along with 1 ice cube and cooked covered for 25 minutes. Dropped temp to 475, took cover off and cooked for ~20 more minutes. Damn near perfect. Maybe another 2-3 minutes.
