Like rye bread? Do you often buy rye at the grocery? Look at the ingredient label on most commercial rye breads and you’ll usually find the first ingredient to be wheat flour. The second is water and the third is rye flour. Usually. Nothing wrong with that, but if you really like rye, try this recipe.… Continue reading Sourdough 70% Rye Bread
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Bakers Percentages and Hydration
I can hear your groans from here already. It’s not as bad as it sounds. Really. If you’re a beginner as I am, you have probably noticed the above terms in many bread recipes. And if you dislike math as most people, you’ve studiously avoided them. Right? Well, this post will attempt to show you… Continue reading Bakers Percentages and Hydration
Tweaking the OMG Sourdough
This is easily our favorite bread of all I have baked. Every time I bake a different bread, Wife says, “Yeah, it’s good, but that rye is the best. Make it next, okay?” I had trouble with the hydration the first time. I could handle the gloopy dough but I had trouble getting it… Continue reading Tweaking the OMG Sourdough
