Any Home Bakers Here?

[Sally PB]

I did think about adding honey but its antibiotic properties kill some of the probiotics in kefir I’ve read.

Yeah, that's why I'd take the starter/grains out before I added honey.

It's the same thing with kombucha. I'm S-L-O-W-L-Y changing my kombucha SCOBY from sugar to honey. The bacteria in the two of them don't play well together right away.

 

[Pebbles25]

Yeah, that's why I'd take the starter/grains out before I added honey.

It's the same thing with kombucha. I'm S-L-O-W-L-Y changing my kombucha SCOBY from sugar to honey. The bacteria in the two of them don't play well together right away.

I read the honey just takes out some of the benefits of kefir (without the grains in) but I might flavour with honey sometimes but I think fruit is better.

 

[Sally PB]

Ah, thank you, I hadn't heard that honey negates the benefits of kefir. Interesting, good to know. The fruit flavored stuff I bought to see if I liked it well enough to make my own was good. But I don't always have the fruit on hand, and I do have honey.

 

[drstratton]

Nope! Yes my starter could be too thin! I’ll have a go and see if it works. Thank you so much. What are peoples go to sourdough bread recipes? Trying to find one that works, I need the overnight fermentation time to be longer than 12 hrs so it doesn’t over ferment or short enough that I can do it during the day.

This is my favorite Sourdough Bread recipe for beginners. With a strong starter it will never fail.

Written recipe:
https://grantbakes.com/good-sourdough-bread/

Video:

 

[ronott1]

Cool! I kinda need some tips, when I try making SD bread and focaccia sometimes it doesn’t cook right the way through so the outsides cooked but the inside isn’t. Does anyone know how I can stop that?

Make sure the dough has raise correctly an bake until the center is at 195-205F

 

[Debbie292d]

Are you talking about kefir, or fermented grains.

Spoiler: My version of fermented grains.

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Kefir, but neither actually.

Fermented grains is strickly for the birds.

 

[BullChick]

The first challenge is to teach a few special needs adults how to use the bread machine. They cannot master cookies, but I think the bread machine is easier.

The first one got it. The second one did not. I will have her try again, but it is a lot for her.

 

[Pebbles25]

This is my favorite Sourdough Bread recipe for beginners. With a strong starter it will never fail.

Written recipe:
https://grantbakes.com/good-sourdough-bread/

Video:

Thank you!

 

[jnicholes]

I need to say something important.

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Please keep me in your thoughts. I am really struggling right now.

 

[LoveMyPeepers]

Hi, I'm pretty new to BYC, but I love baking and cooking, my newest project is learning how to bake sourdough, any tips?