Any Home Bakers Here?

[igorsMistress]

Hi all, hope you're having a great weekened!

It's almost time to transfer the bread dough to the loaf pan and let it rise again, then the smell of baking bread will waft through the house like heaven!

I weighed the ingredients and didn't use any flour on the counter when I was kneading the bread. See, I didn't know you could do that...and I had no idea that the amount of humidity in the air would impact the outcome either. It's usually so dry here, no wonder my bread is always dry. My moms house is always much warmer than mine so I put the dough in the oven with the light on, it's lookiing good so far. I'm taking notes on what I'm trying this time so I can adjust a little bit on the second try if this loaf isn't any good.

In the mean time I've found a recipe for some Japanese Milk rolls on KAF I'm going to try out on hubs. I love rolls more than bread.

 

[rjohns39]

Peter spent over an hour on this method for kneading bread dough in class, but this is now my go to method. Oil up the counter and go.

 

[N F C]

Hi all, hope you're having a great weekened!

It's almost time to transfer the bread dough to the loaf pan and let it rise again, then the smell of baking bread will waft through the house like heaven!

I weighed the ingredients and didn't use any flour on the counter when I was kneading the bread. See, I didn't know you could do that...and I had no idea that the amount of humidity in the air would impact the outcome either. It's usually so dry here, no wonder my bread is always dry. My moms house is always much warmer than mine so I put the dough in the oven with the light on, it's lookiing good so far. I'm taking notes on what I'm trying this time so I can adjust a little bit on the second try if this loaf isn't any good.

In the mean time I've found a recipe for some Japanese Milk rolls on KAF I'm going to try out on hubs. I love rolls more than bread.

Sounds like you're off to a great start! You'll have to let us know how it turns out.

 

[N F C]

Peter spent over an hour on this method for kneading bread dough in class, but this is now my go to method. Oil up the counter and go.

I have one of his cookbooks. Some really good recipes and some excellent teaching points.

 

[igorsMistress]

It smells good. Not happy with the uneven results visually but think that was my fault.

 

[N F C]

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It smells good. Not happy with the uneven results visually but think that was my fault.

Wow, congratulations IM...I think it looks great! Way better than the first loaf of bread I made (can we say doorstop?).

Good job!

 

[rjohns39]

I have one of his cookbooks. Some really good recipes and some excellent teaching points.

I loved his class at craftsy. I still need to finish it, but it really got me on my way.

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It smells good. Not happy with the uneven results visually but think that was my fault.

Looks great to me. My oven is not level and that will happen to me. GREAT JOB!

Wow, congratulations IM...I think it looks great! Way better than the first loaf of bread I made (can we say doorstop?).

Good job!

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[N F C]

@rjohns39 I've never taken any of the Craftsy classes. Do you think they're worth the money?

 

[rjohns39]

@rjohns39 I've never taken any of the Craftsy classes. Do you think they're worth the money?

I've only taken the one and I think it was like $19. I have access to the class forever and can ask questions and get answers. So probably yes. As I took the class, I was required to upload pics of the bread and the crumb for each assignment and got constructive criticism from peter and classmates on where I was and what to do differently, if anything. My first few assignments got re-done several times before I got it right, but that's when I started understanding the look and feel of the dough.

 

[N F C]

I've only taken the one and I think it was like $19. I have access to the class forever and can ask questions and get answers. So probably yes. As I took the class, I was required to upload pics of the bread and the crumb for each assignment and got constructive criticism from peter and classmates on where I was and what to do differently, if anything. My first few assignments got re-done several times before I got it right, but that's when I started understanding the look and feel of the dough.

That does sound helpful. I didn't realize it was interactive. Very cool