Any Home Bakers Here?

[wyoDreamer]

@ronott1 I saw your bread post on the other thread - was that Soft Winter Wheat that you ground for that bread? It looks good enough to eat!

I pulled my sour dough start out and added flour and water and left it sit overnight on the kitchen counter. It barely made any bubbles and definitely did not rise at all. it is a little cool in the kitchen (64 degrees overnight, 72 when we are home) , but it was on the counter next to the stove while I had the oven on for an hour and it didn't get any more active.
Should I give it more time, more flour and water, a little sugar... I would like to make some bread, but if this starter is not active enough, do I even bother to try to use it?

 

[ronott1]

@ronott1 I saw your bread post on the other thread - was that Soft Winter Wheat that you ground for that bread? It looks good enough to eat!

I pulled my sour dough start out and added flour and water and left it sit overnight on the kitchen counter. It barely made any bubbles and definitely did not rise at all. it is a little cool in the kitchen (64 degrees overnight, 72 when we are home) , but it was on the counter next to the stove while I had the oven on for an hour and it didn't get any more active.
Should I give it more time, more flour and water, a little sugar... I would like to make some bread, but if this starter is not active enough, do I even bother to try to use it?

Keep replenishing it once a day for several days. Always use about 80F water and use some potato flour--I never add sugar. You should not need to.

It will get going again soon.

It is best to replenish the bread every couple of weeks at least.

The wheat was hard white wheat. hard wheat has more gluten than soft wheat. I used molasses for the sweetener, avacodo oil for the oil and added two eggs, half a cup of powdered milk and half a cup of whole wheat bread enhancer to the dough. Of course the normal amount of salt and yeast.

 

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[pennyJo1960]

Making a roast beast tonight 8 loaves in 2 days tired and now we are having gully washers since sun early today love November in the great Northwest

 

[N F C]

Making a roast beast tonight 8 loaves in 2 days tired and now we are having gully washers since sun early today love November in the great Northwest

A roast sounds good for dinner Penny. Hope you get a break from the rain soon!

 

[pennyJo1960]

not sure picked up chicken millet today and oyster can't even get it to the coops

 

[Aria]

not sure picked up chicken millet today and oyster can't even get it to the coops

Here in Central New York we are having RAIN and more Rain...
daily. Dark Gloomy Days. Aria

 

[N F C]

You all could have snow instead! I happened to look out the window this afternoon, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. And it was snowing.

 

[R2elk]

You all could have snow instead! I happened to look out the window this afternoon, the sky was clear and the sun was shining. And it was snowing.

It certainly was but it didn't last long here.