Category: Baking Great Bread at Home – Blog
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“Baking with Fresh Fruits: Elevate Your Bread with Seasonal Delights!”
By: Henry Hunter Introduction: I’m thrilled to share a delightful topic that will add a burst of seasonal goodness to your bread-making adventures. Today, we’re diving into the world of baking with fresh fruits, where we’ll explore the art of incorporating strawberries, blueberries, peaches, cherries, and more into our bread…
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“Vitale’s Sourdough Summer:”
Bubbling with Rye’s Energy and Vitale’s Magic Part 6 Ah, it’s summertime, and I, Vitale, Henry’s, sourdough starter, can feel the change in the air! The warm weather has an incredible effect on fermentation, not only in me but also in my buddy friend Rye, another of my baker’s sourdough…
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A Sourdough Starter Guide for Beginners II 🍞
A sourdough starter is a live culture of flour and water. Once it starts fermenting, it acts as a natural leavening agent for baking bread. Unlike commercial yeast, a sourdough starter takes a bit of time and care to create, but the results are incredibly rewarding.
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Vitale’s Tale
A Sourdough Starter’s Journey of Growth and Inspiration Once upon a time, in the warm and bustling kitchen of a skilled baker named Henry, I came to life as Vitale. My story is not like any ordinary tale, for I am a sourdough starter with a voice and a spirit…
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🍞 To Salt or Not to Salt:
The Great Sourdough Debate 🧂🥖 By: Henry Hunter Baking Great Bread at HomeJune 30, 2023 Introduction: One of the key decisions in sourdough baking is when to incorporate salt into your dough. Should it be added from the beginning or after the autolyse stage? In this blog post, we explore…
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Navigating the Sourdough Journey: Hooch, Hydration and More
Our approach to teaching sourdough is geared towards making the process accessible, enjoyable and fruitful for everyone. Each week we welcome hundreds of new members, many of whom are taking their first steps into the world of sourdough baking. It’s crucial for us to provide information that is both accurate…
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🍞 Sourdough Starter Guide for Beginners 🍞
Day 1: 🗓️ Day 2: 🗓️ Day 3: 🗓️ Day 4 to Day 7 (or until your starter is ready): 🗓️ Maintaining your Starter: 📌 Henry Hunter Baking Great Bread at Home As we enter the summer season, I wanted to chat about something that affects us all: the change…
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🍞 Mastering Dough Rise:
A Foolproof Guide 📈 Introduction: Welcome to our latest blog post, where we’ll uncover the secrets to determining the perfect dough rise. 🥖✨ Whether your recipe calls for doubling in size or a 50% increase, it can be tricky to gauge. But fret not! We have a simple and foolproof…
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The Great Hooch Debate 2.0
A Deeper Dive into Sourdough Science 🍞🧪 Hello there, Bread Lovers! 🥖❤️ Today, let’s revisit a popular topic we discussed a little while back. Remember the hooch debate? We had a fantastic discussion about what to do when your sourdough starter produces a liquid layer called ‘hooch.’ Stir it back…
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“BREAD SCORING THROUGH THE AGES: A JOURNEY ACROSS CULTURES AND TIME”
By: Henry Hunter, Baking Great Bread at Home Bread scoring is an essential technique in the art of bread baking. It involves making shallow cuts on the surface of the bread dough just before baking, allowing the bread to expand and release steam as it bakes. The scoring also gives…
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SOURDOUGH BAKING WORKSHOP ITINERARY
“If you could wave a magic wand and change one aspect of your sourdough bake this weekend, what would it be?”
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The Ultimate Game-Changer “Sourdough Starter Workshop”
📢🍞 Join Our Sourdough Starter, Game-Changer Workshop: Fluffy, Flavorful, and Instagram-Worthy Bread! 📸 📅 Saturdays, 1 PM – 3 PM EST | 🏠 Facebook Group Chat Workshop 🖥️ Looking to level up your bread-baking game? Want to create bread that’s not only delicious but also ready for its close-up on…
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The changing seasons
The changing seasons 🌞🍞 Hey there, Sourdough Squad! As the warmer seasons roll in, it’s time to talk about how temperature changes can affect our beloved sourdough starters. Those of us in the northern hemisphere are especially excited about this transition, so let’s dive into what we need to look…
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Is My Bread Dough Alive?
Unveiling the Subtle Connection Between Bakers and their Dough. By: Henry Hunter Introduction: As bakers, we have a unique relationship with our dough. It is more than just a mixture of flour, water, yeast, and bacteria. I believe that, on some level, we recognize the aliveness within our bread dough.…
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Seasonal Dough Tips
As we welcome the arrival of warmer weather in the northern hemisphere, it’s essential to be mindful of how the changing seasons can affect our bread dough. 🌞🍞 Here are a few key points to keep in mind as we transition into this beautiful season: 1️⃣ Temperature Variation: Warmer temperatures…
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Testimonials
Testimonials Henry Hunter is a selfless hero and this isn’t a paid endorsement!! The more who start sourdough the better the world becomes 💡🕯🔦🔆☀️🌞🌅🙏🏼 THIS IS MY ONLY BAKING GROUP. One of the few right choices I have made on FB 😊 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, Henry. I fed the…
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The Holiday Baking Challenge
This holiday season, the Facebook group, “Baking Great Bread at Home,“ is hosting a Holiday-Baking Challenge. This challenge will help put us in a position to accomplish our overall goal, “This Holiday Season, Give Bread Instead.“ Our challenge will begin November 14th and run through December 9th, 2022. How it…
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Proofing and Fermentation
When it comes to sourdough baking, understanding the ideal temperature to proof/ferment your dough can be a bit of a challenge. Especially when you are trying to use temperature to give you predictable, consistent results. I’ve had the opportunity to make sourdough bread in both hot and cold extremes, and…
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Bread Scoring Challenge
How would you like to win the lame of your choice from Wire Monkey? The most elegant and functional lames on the market. This fall we will have more of a focus on bread scoring and we encourage all of you to share the bread you are scoring. From our…
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Semi-Annual Report August 2022
Semi-Annual Report August 2022 Good afternoon home bakers. Twice a year, I give our membership a report on the health of our Facebook group “Baking Great Bread at Home.” I am happy to report that the state of our union is strong! As the admin, I see this Facebook data…
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How to Freeze and Reheat Your Bread Successfully
Sourdough bread like most bread freezes extremely well and when done properly means we can enjoy our sourdough even when we are too busy to bake. It is also a fantastic way to avoid waste. Until recently I wouldn’t consider freezing my sourdough bread. I liked the idea that we…
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Is My Sourdough Starter Dead? (Spoiler: Probably Not!)
Did you forget your sourdough starter in the back of the fridge? Black liquid on top, funky smell, and looking like something from a science experiment gone wrong? Don’t panic! Despite its horrifying appearance, your starter probably isn’t dead – it’s just hungry. Learn how to bring your neglected starter…
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The Sourdough Starter Guide
The “Baking Great Bread at Home“ Sourdough Starter Guide Hello my favorite Carboholics! I’m Henry Hunter, the group administrator of “Baking Great Bread at Home” on Facebook. You might already know me as the founder of Henry’s Bread Kitchen, where we’re passionate about all things bread. Over the years, I’ve…