Simple Bread

[htwoopup]

There is a two year old in the family who, as my late mother would say, is going to turn into a banana he eats so many of them. So I have been experimenting with banana breads. i think today’s bake is better but not better than yesterday’s as it has four times the butter and twice the sugar.



Taste test at the swings in the playground a few blocks away at 11.

[72gmc]

Banana bread is one of my favorite things. My wife baked two loaves and then my darn kids found them ...

[rwsaunders]

Our daughter is in town for a wedding and of course, she’s being spoiled rotten with her Mother’s food and my wine, beer, coffee and bread.

[dgaddis]

The local bake-off I won last year - it's coming back. July 28th.

Gotta decide what to make this year....there's so much on the line...I CAN'T TAKE THE PRESSURE!

[dgaddis]

I found my bake-off recipe = peach & jalapeno. Hot damn it's good! I'm going to increase the peaches and jalapeno by about 50%, and do another trial next week.

Interesting differences between these two loaves. First one (on the left in the first pic) was baked cold, and I suspect wasn't shaped as well as the other, so it kinda flattened out. The 2nd one was baked hot, and I think had better shaping, so it had better vertical oven spring. Both tasted identical.

[dgaddis]

Another trial run. Bumped up the peach and jalapeno from 75g of each to 100g of each. And shaped the dough into a more-oblong shape (this basket). Pretty happy with how it looks, will post crumb shots later when I cut into it.

Recipe:
AP flour :: 450g
Water :: 300g
Salt :: 10g
Starter :: 100g
Peach :: 100g
Jalapeno :: 100g

[dgaddis]

Yeah, that'll do. This is what I'll be entering in the bake off.

[dgaddis]

Well damn, bake off got canceled due to lack of participation. On the plus side, no one's taking my title this year. On the downside, I was looking forward to another one, they're a good time. Not enough participation because they announced the event a month before it happened, and then did no other promotion besides creating a Facebook event. Surprise surprise not enough people entered.

Now the question is....do I get involved in promoting the next one..... how busy do I want to be?

[dgaddis]

It's international bread day. Made two loaves of cheese and jalapeno. One was baked in the challenger bread pan, the other in the clay baker from Breadtopia. I didn't divide the dough perfectly evenly, the larger loaf went in the clay baker, and it completely filled the baker when it rose.

[dgaddis]

Dammit - apparently I baked my loaves prematurely. Tomorrow is international bread day!

[j44ke]

Dammit - apparently I baked my loaves prematurely. Tomorrow is international bread day!

Just make more bread!

[rwsaunders]

We had some friends over last evening and Mrs. RW dialed up some "ghoulosh" (get it?), so the bread order was placed early in the week.

[dgaddis]

Last year 5 restaurants in ATL were awarded Michelin Stars (four more were awarded last night as it turns out), and last week the wife and I celebrated 15 years of being legally bound together, and to celebrate we went to one of them - Bacchanalia. It was our first "Michelin Star" experience and it lived up to everything I hoped it would. Best meal we've ever had. Incredible service and food.

Anyhow, the bread course was a choice between parker rolls or sourdough - of course we opted for the sourdough. It was great. A little "personal size" boule, a bit of whole wheat flour in the dough, baked nice and dark. The smaller size made me look for smaller bannetons for us, so I could make some small loaves we could finish in a single meal. Will report back on that.

Here's the bread, then the other food. It was all GREAT.

[htwoopup]

This is what we use. Obvs, you gotta adjust the size of everything….don’t know if that is what you mean for personal sized boules…

https://barefootbakingsupplyco.com/p...ofing-basket-5

[rwsaunders]

Perfect Sunday for this simple mind...wake up early, make dough, first cup of coffee, take a bike ride, second cup of coffee while catching up on news, proof dough, shape dough, rake leaves, bake boule, eat dinner, sleep.