Four Rapid Methods to Improve Your Sourdough Bread.
Follow this mini-guide and prepare to significantly level up, not only your finished loaves, but your skill and intuition with your process. Ditch the nagging fear of making mistakes and the haunting thought that you might be a bread baking imposter! These easy tips can be perused and filed away in the back of your […]
Onion Cheese Batter Bread
This bread smells so good when it is baking, that you will have family members hanging around the kitchen. This is an easy to bake batter bread. Check the options below before mixing. This recipe makes approximately 3 lbs 13 oz/ 1729 grams of a batter like dough. Enough to bake 2 loaves. NOTE: This […]
Old Fashioned Pie Crust with Vinegar and Egg.
I’ve used this old fashioned recipe for pie crust for many years. It’s easy and forgiving. The vinegar and eggs both add their own attributes to the crust, mainly tenderness and flakiness. And this crust is very tender and flaky! This recipe made three single crusts for an 8″ pie long ago. Now we have […]
Metric Dough Formulation Made Easy (Sort of)
All of your ingredient weights will be a percentage based off of the flour weight (baker’s do it this way, it’s called Baker’s Percent). Don’t get flustered, just keep reading…
Better Baking Bakers
In this last week of May, when people are transitioning from spring to summer barbecues and picnics, take a moment to check into a new baking course. The following courses are all on sale for $10.99 until the end of May. Most of the courses have not one, but many types of bread formulas. Click […]
Why Use Freshly Ground Flour?
Article by Mark Gunderman – All rights reserved worldwide 2019 (In our Facebook group, Perfect Sourdough, Mark Gunderman answered the question: “Why purchase a home mill? What are the benefits?” I liked his answer and he kindly gave permission to share it with you here: ) – Teresa L Greenway “Why fresh flours”? I would […]
San Francisco Style Bread Course and Private Group
The San Francisco Baking Course and Private group have really taken off. We are having a lot of fun experimenting and sharing our San Francisco style loaves as we learn to promote the “sour” in sourdough baking. The course is available at discount here: Bake San Francisco Style Sourdough Bread. You will find a link […]
Temperature and Timing San Francisco Sourdough
In my online course “Bake San Francisco Style Sour Sourdough Bread” a student was struggling with over-fermenting the dough because they used their oven as a proofer to keep the dough warm. I usually use my Brod and Taylor proofer because it really helps me dial in the right temperature. However, I decided to use […]
Parchment Paper or Silicone Mat?
I love parchment paper! I buy large packages of it and use it often. Parchment paper quality varies, it can be thin tissue-like paper, which doesn’t hold up to much heat and falls apart quite easily, or it can be tough enough to use several times before discarding. If you find a brand you really […]
Sourdough Butter Crumb Banana Bread
This formula will be available to the public for two weeks after publication. After that it will only be available to members of The Baking Network. Banana bread is just not quite as good, in this baker’s opinion, without the crumbs on top. I find that to be the case for most tea breads and […]