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Why Does My Bread Dough Spread or Rise Outward Instead of Up, and How to Fix it
It can be pretty disheartening to witness the bread dough that you poured your heart and soul into spread out rather than rise up during proofing. Don’t fret though; it’s not you, it’s the...
Sometimes, you do everything right - you’ve weighed and/or measured, kneaded, patiently waited the appropriate times and the outcome fails. There are things you just can’t control, like the...
The lactic acid within sourdough gives it that trademark sour-tasting flavor it’s named for, making this a very sought-after type of bread to bake. If this will be your first time baking...
You’ve measured, maybe you’ve sifted, you’ve definitely kneaded and, now you want to know if and when your bread dough is ready to bake in the oven. Knowing what to look, feel, and, pay...
It’s a trademark of baking bread: you put it in the oven, and the yeast within causes the dough to rise. This gives you a light, airy, delicious loaf. Yet your bread just came out of the oven...
When baking bread, knowing how to store surplus flour is a good thing. Whether you bake a loaf of bread daily or only when the mood strikes, you want to keep the flour as fresh as possible....