Any Home Bakers Here?

[Happy Novogens]

Here was our bread sliced open. Hubby heartily approved. He loves the crust especially (which works great because I prefer the soft middle, lol!). Now I'm anxious to try again and practice slitting it properly.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Here was our bread sliced open. Hubby heartily approved. He loves the crust especially (which works great because I prefer the soft middle, lol!). Now I'm anxious to try again and practice slitting it properly.

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I've been baking just about every week for a couple of months now, I think. Still very much a beginner! Every loaf is a learning experience. And we love eating the experiments!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Home Bakers making pizza here tonight.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Morning Home Bakers making pizza here tonight.

me too! It's become our Friday night tradition!

 

[jnicholes]

I have a sourdough question. I just made this recipe from sourdough discard:

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/sourdough-crumpets-recipe

The instant that I added the baking soda to the starter and mixed it in, the starter started to rise. It was rising so fast it was like watching a time lapse of bread dough rising.

In the end, this was the result:

Now my question. What happened? What did the baking soda do to get it to rise so fast?

I am stumped.

 

[ronott1]

I have a sourdough question. I just made this recipe from sourdough discard:

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/sourdough-crumpets-recipe

The instant that I added the baking soda to the starter and mixed it in, the starter started to rise. It was rising so fast it was like watching a time lapse of bread dough rising.

In the end, this was the result:

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Now my question. What happened? What did the baking soda do to get it to rise so fast?

I am stumped.

I posted about baking soda reacting to acid-- sourdough is acidic so the baking soda reacted and started the dough rising.

 

[jnicholes]

I posted about baking soda reacting to acid-- sourdough is acidic so the baking soda reacted and started the dough rising.

Well, that explains it. Thank you for clearing that up.

Crumpets taste delicious, by the way.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Some of the best fish I have had were really little.

Hence the fact that so many people around the globe eat tons of tiny fish like sardines, anchovies, mackerel and other small species.

 

[BullChick]

Hence the fact that so many people around the globe eat tons of tiny fish like sardines, anchovies, mackerel and other small species.

Howdy, stranger!

 

[Sally PB]

Wish I had seen this before I spent $400 on my 22-lb. Challenger bread pan

Well, it can double a weight for working out.