Any Home Bakers Here?

[bruceha2000]

I am making @musikfan's Bakery Style Bread (post #45,269)

45,305!

I don't see it in the index, perhaps Ron can add it? I don't think there could be an easier bread to make!!! I'll have to try it. I will, of course, substitute 50% whole wheat flour

 

[Floydie]

Chocolate cake (packet mix), topped with home made chocolate.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I am cautiously optimistic.

The proofing box arrived. By magic. It’s Sunday, so I doubt UPS is responsible. It was not there this morning when I was doing outside chores at 0800. When I went out at 1130, the box was sitting outside my yard fence. Upside down. I’m hoping it wasn’t dropped or thrown.

I didn’t hear anyone in the driveway. But it could have been when I was in the shower. Since it was outside the fence, I suspect it was whoever received it; and they didn’t come into the yard to knock on the door.

When I got it inside, I realized the single strip of shipping tape had been cut. But it doesn’t look like anything in the box was disturbed.

I have it set up now to run about 5-6 degrees higher than my kitchen temp to be sure it works after its weekend adventure. I just wish I knew who dropped it off so I could thank them.

We have a public forum in our daily paper where people will say thank you when someone does something for them like this that was done for you.

 

[Floydie]

I tried the bread, but I dont have a dutch oven. I baked it at a lower temp in my ceramic pot without the glass lid on. Its not as pretty. I cut it after it had cooled enough as I wasnt sure if it baked ok or not. Its a little wet in the middle but its fine I think.

 

[BullChick]

I’m toying with the idea of making a loaf of bread in the Dutch oven. I have a craving for spinach dip, so I have to be in the mood to dig in the freezer for the spinach.

 

[Sally PB]

Oh there’s a mat and gloves?

My neighbor warned me that "you will find any thin spots in your oven mitts when you use a Dutch oven to bake sourdough at 450!" That's why I got the gloves. I already KNOW my mitts have thin spots.

Do you by chance grind your own flour? We have whole wheat berries and I always grind my wheat flour fresh. It is SUPERIOR to the pre-milled wheat flour that you'd buy in the store.

GF flour is expensive, so I'm starting to grind my own. I used my Blendtec blender on short grain brown rice; it's a bit gritty. I have a juicer that has a grinding attachment, and that ground it a bit finer, though it still has more texture than store bought. Long grain white rice did a little better yet.

I want to try making oat flour and quinoa flour. And maybe tapioca. All the GF SD recipes call for a few different flours. I need to find some sorghum flour; that's a common one in GF. I went to the health food store I usually go to, and nada. I looked it up online, and guess who says they have it! Walmart!

@musikfan, what do you use to grind your flour? Can you post a picture too? Thanks!

 

[Floydie]

This is a first for me.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good afternoon one and all!

Temperature is 70 and sunny.

Have a great day!

 

[wyoDreamer]

@Floydie A first for you? are you talking about the texture of the bread or baking in the ceramic dish?
It looks good, how does it taste?

 

[Sequel]

That's one of the ideas behind the silicone mat I ordered. You put the dough on the mat, lift the whole thing, and set it down in the Dutch oven.

I will definitely give a report after I use it. See if it was worth $20.

Speaking of $20, I got a pair of "Ove Gloves" at the store today. Rated for 540 degrees. So the mere 450-500 of the Dutch oven should be no problem, I hope!

Dang. I just added up $80 for a Dutch oven, $20 for the silicone mat, $20 for the Ove Glove, $15 for the GF starter, and I have a really, really expensive loaf of bread!

But then the rest are just a couple bucks. And I have a Dutch oven, the mat, and the gloves.

Yes but Sally do you bowl? A couple trips to the bowling alley poof all that money gone! Do you have a pony? Me neither so look at all the money we’re entitled to spend on baking supplies!