Any Home Bakers Here?

[Aria]

Thanks for sharing

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good morning one and all!

64 and sunny today.

Have a great day!

 

[Aria]

Now 65 forecast 83 SUNNY

 

[wyoDreamer]

@cavemanrich
That bread looks fabulous! I could have used that recipe on Sunday to go with the homemade lasagna that I made for mothers day gathering.

 

[jnicholes]

Good morning everyone. Today is my day off.

How is everyone doing?

 

[Blooie]

I’m gonna try the Povitica bread again today……made it a couple of weeks ago and the flavor is out of this world. I didn’t think I’d like it. I only made it because Ken is big on that kind of thing so I made it for him. I’m not a fan of sweets in any form. Well, was I surprised!! I ate most of it! I made a few mistakes with it. I didn’t let the dough rise as high as I think I should have, and I definitely didn’t roll it correctly.

It’s kind of a pain in the hiney to make, but having a good mise en place helps tremendously. I buy those little condiment cups….I’m sure you all have seen them. I did the measuring of the things like spices, yeasts, salts, etc. into the little cups, and then I put the prepped ingredients for the dough on one counter and the ingredients for the filling on the other counter, so I wouldn’t mix them up. (I’m old and easily confused) Then it was just a matter of putting everything together in the order the recipe called for.

What it’s supposed to look like -

What I ended up with….

 

[Aria]

Looks GREAT...thanks for sharing

 

[ronott1]

Did some more baking.
This one called Herb Bread.
The dough recipe is same as I use for my pizzas. (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/any-home-bakers-here.921333/post-25427878)
Only change, I made,,,, I used 3 1/3 cups of whey, instead of the 3 1/3 cups of water. Made Cheese the previous day, and had the whey, as a byproduct of the cheese making.
I first made a test run with ½ the quantity of everything. First 7 pictures. Round pan.

Then I made the second batch, and resulted in 4 loaves in bread pans.

Here is the recipe for the herb paste topping, that I made. (for the 4 loaf bake)

2 sticks of melted butter.
About 2 cups of chopped fresh parsley. One cup for the dough, and one cup for the butter paste.
About 1 cup of chopped fresh dill.
NOTE; The cup measurement is not a cup of packed parsley, and dill, but rather a loose unpacked quantity. I grabbed a handful of each, and chopped into small pieces.
1 heaping tablespoon of Sweet basil.
1 heaping tablespoon of Italian Seasoning.
2 teaspoons salt.

Here is play by play to simplify the process.
My first test run I used dill in the dough. Rolled out like a Pizza dough flat.
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The Butter herb mix.
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Spread over entire area, and used a pizza roller to cut into 3 inch strips.
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Folded into zig zag shape, and placed into a round pan.
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Baked for about 30 minutes @ 350°F
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Cooled for about 15 minutes,,
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Second batch. Divided butter topping into 4 equal quantities,
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Dough after first rise.
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Rolled out flat, and spread butter herb topping over entire area.
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Rolled into a log. 4 equal logs. One for each pan.
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Cut into 8 equal mini logs
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Stacked vertically into parchment lined pan. I then used scissors to make 4 cuts into each mini log top. (center to outer edge)
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This is how things looked after about 45 minute second rise.
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Baked @350°F for about 30 minutes,,plus. Until cute nicely tanned on top.
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Pulled out of pans after about 10 minutes, and removed parchment from the bread loaves.
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Excellent taste.

I prefer my second method of rolling into logs over the first zig zag pattern. Tends to keep (contain) all the butter inside bread, better.
First day, the pieces break away like a Challah. Second day, it is slice-able into slices. Still soft and delish. Third day, I placed slices into toaster, and reheated to just baked delish freshness.

Thanks for the two ways of shaping the bread!

 

[bruceha2000]

Good morning everyone. Today is my day off.

How is everyone doing?

Good here, do you have plans for your day off?

 

[Aria]

cavemanrich, Thank you so much for the recipe, your directions and photos. SUPER