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Homebakerman

PH meter

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Samtro345

Shaping baguettes before or after cold proof?

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AndyI

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Gtweezy775

Fibery stringy bread

2 days 12 hours ago

Kevin Michael

Hi There

3 days 8 hours ago

TMac

3 days 9 hours ago

mxracer19

Lighter, chewy cinnamon rolls

4 days 1 hour ago

The Roadside Pi...

The Iconic NYC breakfast sandwich

4 days 4 hours ago

NoNeed

Ideal feeding moment for starter, when?

5 days 5 hours ago

The Roadside Pi...

Perfectly executed Kaiser rolls.

5 days 22 hours ago

Homebakerman

adding butter to bread dough

6 days 9 hours ago

The Roadside Pi...

This is going to be one huge Miche.

6 days 21 hours ago

Breadzik

Old rye baking book: no sourdough?

1 week 7 hours ago

old hippy

dough retard last proofing in fridge

1 week 7 hours ago

yankeedave

Correlation between rise time and proof time

Recent comments

1 hour 8 min ago

on Pizza in teglia Romana

tpassin

I use a polyethylene cutting

1 hour 34 min ago

on Pizza in teglia Romana

ReneR

Thought of that but up to now

4 hours 24 min ago

on Shaping baguettes before or...

tpassin

Shaping Banh Mi Loaves

4 hours 34 min ago

on PH meter

tpassin

Hanna has one designed for

5 hours 18 min ago

on Better Mill

AndyI

Grain Mill

5 hours 26 min ago

on Shaping baguettes before or...

Samtro345

Thanks for the response! Yeah

5 hours 30 min ago

on Shaping baguettes before or...

Samtro345

https://ibb.co/T1gcjnh This

5 hours 31 min ago

on Shaping baguettes before or...

tpassin

Some Contributions

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on Better Mill

Moe C

Mill

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on Better Mill

AndyI

Grain Mill

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on Costco Flour

TMac

Sounds like a totally...

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on Better Mill

Moe C

URL

9 hours 33 min ago

on Fibery stringy bread

Rock

Does the crumb feel wet? Is

10 hours 18 min ago

on Fibery stringy bread

Moe C

Is this bread from in-store

11 hours 12 min ago

on Fibery stringy bread

Yippee

It looks like stale bread

Bread Browser

Fibery stringy bread

Lighter, chewy cinnamon rolls

Perfectly executed Kaiser rolls.

My Baker's Percentage Spreadsheet

Rondo Floor Model Sheeter (3-ph; 220v), asking $3.5k

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Benito

Ginger Bread Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

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My Baker's Percentage Spreadsheet

1 week 2 days ago

gabev50

increasing fermentation but still underproofed

1 week 2 days ago

ReneR

Tsoureki sweat Easter bread

1 week 3 days ago

The Roadside Pi...

Forkish's Country Bread. EIB Style.

1 week 3 days ago

aly-hassabelnaby

The Breads of Egypt - Barley bread

1 week 4 days ago

Benito

Mochi Sourdough Hokkaido Milk Bread

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pmccool

Hamelman's Sourdough 5-Grain Bread

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ReneR

My first descent home-oven baked pizza (finally!)

2 weeks 4 days ago

Benito

Mochi Sourdough Milk Bread

Recent Advanced/Off-Topic Posts

1 week 6 days ago

Precaud

Material simulating a loaf load

2 weeks 5 days ago

Moe C

Avatars

3 weeks 1 day ago

louiscohen

3 weeks 3 days ago

squattercity

for those desperately seeking a dutch oven

1 month 4 days ago

chleba

adding potato to bread dough

1 month 1 week ago

squattercity

the cost of a loaf of bread

1 month 4 weeks ago

Bakes.inthelakes

Best time to perform sourdough lamination (not...

2 months 1 day ago

Bakes.inthelakes

Humidity and hydration compatibility during bulk...

2 months 1 week ago

BrianShaw

Spam .

3 months 2 weeks ago

mwilson

The best mixer in the world!

3 months 3 weeks ago

The Roadside Pi...

"I would ask the waiter for bread....

4 months 6 days ago

The Roadside Pi...

Flash format video

5 months 1 week ago

Precaud

Is discussing yogurt making OK here?

5 months 3 weeks ago

breadomatic

Mixing more water in after kneading...

6 months 4 days ago

arma411

Bread Dad Jokes

6 months 2 weeks ago

The Roadside Pi...

The Happy birthday to Floyd thread

6 months 2 weeks ago

pmccool

Today is Floyd’s birthday!

6 months 3 weeks ago

pain_de_remesy

From: Microbiology of Fermented Foods 🤓

9 months 2 weeks ago

TMac

Problem with elasticity and holding shape

10 months 2 weeks ago

TiuingGum

Rye is extending bulk fermentation time.

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