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bread #5 – white bread with poolish

This week the book took on bread dough made with a poolish – a mixture of flower, water and a very small bit of yeast.  Essentially half of the flour in the recipe is used for the poolish. It’s left … Continue reading

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bread #3 – overnight white bread

It’s Sunday morning as I’m beginning to write this entry. This weekend I decided to tackle the next bread – the overnight white. I took stock of my pantry and ordered some locally milled flour (more below).  Obviously this is … Continue reading

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bread #1 – the saturday white bread

Last weekend I baked the first recommended bread from this book. It’s the Saturday White Bread – page 81. It’s a straight dough recipe. It turned out to be a great single day (everything required to make this bread can … Continue reading

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