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Marquise and Stardust and Math Mystery | The Fresh Loaf
Math isn’t my long suit . I have an incredibly HIGH PFF because of my less than stellar skills lol. I milled Marquise and Stardust from Barton Springs Mill. The PFF is all Arrowhead AP. 460g Milled Marquise and Stardust160g H2O13g salt150g Trinity- Homemade Yogurt, Date Nectar and EVOO
Oatmeal Bread | The Fresh Loaf
This humble loaf is a continuation of the ongoing Pullman pan-demic happening here. The recipe is adapted from Hammelmans straight dough recipe from his first edition of Bread. I used his ingredient percentages approximately but converted it to a sourdough levain and the short bulk long proof method used previously. The whole grain portion is home milled in equal amounts of red and white spring wheat from Wheat Montana that was sifted twice through a 40 mesh screen with 6% of the bran removed.
Rye with Slow Cooker Cherry Swirl | The Fresh Loaf
A wonderful full-flavored rye with a hint of sweetness from the cherries, which were cooked in my mini crockpot overnight and puréed in my food processor. A very moist and moderately open crumb.Made with fresh milled DanKo Rye and KAF High Gluten Flour. Mixed in my Ankarsrum and open-baked with steam.This bake had 63% fresh milled flour, milled with my Mockmill 200. I sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting.
Frisian Black Bread - Fries Swartbrood (Holland) | The Fresh Loaf
Today's bake: Frisian Black Bread - Fries Swartbrood (Holland)Source: The Rye Baker by Stanley GinsbergNotes: From TDW: 1311gr - 1 Pan(s) Pan Size: 9x4x4 In / 22.86x10.16x10.16 CM To TDW: 2294gr - 2 Pan(s) Pan Size: 7.88x4x4 In / 20x10.16x10.16 CM Substitutions:
Cheddar Cheese Whole Wheat Spelt with Corn Scald Pullman SD | The Fresh Loaf
9JulMy Pullman was collecting dust, so I finally put it to work!I used some fresh milled Rouge de Bordeaux whole wheat from Barton Springs Mill along with some fresh milled spelt. Both were sifted once with a #30 drum sieve and re-milled at the finest setting in my MockMill 200.
Soda Bread With a Twist | The Fresh Loaf
I wanted to make some soda bread but didn't have any buttermilk. There are recipes that use baking powder or cream of tartar/bicarb, but I got to thinking that lactic acid might be closer to acidic dairy flavours, so why not use some of that? - especially as I had a bag of it (food grade), bought for another project, but not yet used.A bit of ChatGPT investigation suggested for every gram of baking soda, to use 0.65g lactic acid powder, so this was my recipe:
Mow / Bowl Folds / Mow /Bowl folds | The Fresh Loaf
That’s how I rolled yesterday. Outside then run in and do some turns. Me and the bread survived. 600g flour ( Kamut 300g from Tom and 300g Stardust milled) 300g water13 g salt 150 g Trinity ( EVOO, homemade yogurt, Date Nectar)360g levain ( 100% hydration Arrowhead BF)375° 25 min lid on/ 20 min lid off
20250704 Strawberry Cake + | The Fresh Loaf
Made everything from scratch—the turntable, the box, the ingredients… even the frosting and piping were my own.This is only my second cake (the first was mango!), and while there’s still so much to learn, I’m thrilled to be baking again. Something new, something fun, something pretty.Best part? I get to pack in as much fruit as I want. Honestly, that beats any fancy design on the outside.
Durum Whole Wheat Sourdough | The Fresh Loaf
4JulI love using fresh-milled durum and combining it with some fresh-milled Marquis whole wheat, which makes for a tasty bake.I added some black sesame seeds to the top, which added a wonderful nutty flavor.The bake ended up perfectly with a moderately open crumb and made for excellent grilled bread with some olive oil, topped off with some fresh cheese.
Spelt Whole Wheat Sourdough with Spelt Scald | The Fresh Loaf
4JulFresh-milled spelt, along with one of my favorites, fresh-milled Star Dust Whole Wheat, created an amazing flavored loaf.I decided to do a scald, which provides added plasticity to the crust and crumb. It also tends to make the crumb softer.The crust came out boldly baked and tasted nice and malty. The fermentation was excellent and created a nice open crumb, especially for a 73.5% fresh-milled flour bake.
Durum WW Potato Cottage Cheese Sourdough Rolls | The Fresh Loaf
4JulI made these a few weeks ago while I was waiting for my Mom to pass. I have spent the past month or so driving back and forth to the hospital and then her home, spending as much time with her as possible. She finally lost her battle with pancreatic cancer after battling it for over a year.
Cream Of Wheat Yudane Pullman | The Fresh Loaf
Continuing with the twin themes of Cream Of Wheat and Pullman loaves, here is a yeasted Pullman loaf made with a yudane that used Cream Of Wheat for the flour. I included the COW in the total flour weight for baker's percentage calculations.Recipe---------- 450g - flour - 90g - (20%) - Cream of Wheat (Yudane) - 360g - AP
Not bread but “ my heart” | The Fresh Loaf
He’s the best . After 54 years I can still say that . He and his wok work magic . We got the wok when his brother in law said “ why would I want that???” when he saw his wedding present in 1973! We got a 100,000 BTU burner to make sure he could get “ wok hey”. Perfect!
My take on dmsnyder's Sourdough Seeded Loaf | The Fresh Loaf
Ever since David posted his sourdough seeded loaf pan bread I've been baking it regularly after adapting the formula for what I was after. I recently purchased a 9x4x4 USA pullman pan and have been baking pretty regularly with it. This looked like a loaf that would be fun to play around with using that pan. David used the same size pan but without the cover, so I scaled the overall dough weight down by about 10%.Total dough:flours: 450 g (*see note below)
Sourdough pizza | The Fresh Loaf
Will is the Master but I had a “ bucket o’ dough” so I will post as well . Endless shapes and sizes and permutations. No kiddos helping they’ve gone home , mores the pity! 2000 g of dough makes one big sheet 1000g and two Detroit deep pizza crusts 500g each . All my pans look “ rough” but they bake up nicely. I butter just like I do my Pullman with cold butter and the crust will crisp nicely and no stone needed or special treatment.
Frisian Black Bread from Ginsberg's "The Rye Baker" | The Fresh Loaf
I just finished creating my first bread from Ginsberg's book. All seemed to go well with the recipe until the end of the bake. Nice rise, nice oven spring, really nice smell as it baked. Everything.Here's the timing of my bake:20 min for the oven to reach (nominal) 460 F.20 min at that high temp, after which I turned down to (nominal) 375 F.25 min later the top was looking very dark, so I tented with foil.15 min after that, I removed from oven.So that's a total of 80 min from the time I turned oven on until I turned it off.
Sweet Dough Arm for Hobart and KitchenAid Stand Mixers | The Fresh Loaf
Introducing the Sweet Dough Arm™: Elevate Your Baking with Precision Fat IncorporationFor over four decades, I’ve been immersed in the art of baking. My journey began when I was just 15 years old, bidding on my first Hobart 60-quart and 20-quart mixers at auction. Soon after, I added a cobalt blue KitchenAid K5SS to my home kitchen, which my parents thoughtfully converted from a laundry and sewing room into what is now the Dough Wright Test Kitchen.
Pretty is as pretty does | The Fresh Loaf
Almost had a top on but circumstances dictated a topless loaf . All whole grains Yecoro Rojo, Spelt , and Rye with purchased Golden Temple Fine Durum Atta. 600g of flour combo , 150g of Trinity ( used date nectar as sweetener and buttermilk and EVOO) 360 g very very active levain . Misjudged the amount of H2O the flour was quite dry and needed to add +200g so 1600 g loaf in a 1400g pan! Ooops. Topless is the way to go.
Gotland Rye - Gotlandskt Slagbrod (Sweden) | The Fresh Loaf
Today's bake: Gotland Rye - Gotlandskt Slagbrod (Sweden)Source: The Rye Baker by Stanley GinsbergNotes: From TDW: 1302gr - 1 Pan(s) Pan Size: 9x5x3 In / 22.86x12.7x7.62 CM To TDW: 2430gr - 2 Pan(s) Pan Size: 7.88x4x4 In / 20x10.16x10.16 CM Substitutions:
50% Cream Of Wheat Loaf | The Fresh Loaf
Following up on our recent speculations about using Cream of Wheat, I made a loaf with 50% COW. It worked out very well, though there was an unplanned extra 4 1/2-day bulk fermentation in the fridge (it was supposed to be only overnight).I didn't know how well the COW would absorb water, but I suspected that it would take longer than usual. I started with 62% hydration. I would use a little less next time since the dough ended up a little sticky and didn't want to hold its shape quite well enough. Still, a good result.
Enriched true-sourdough trial #2: 'Kue putu' babka (coconut 3 ways, kaya glaze, homemade dessicated coconut) | The Fresh Loaf
Took me 4 attempts to get this done! The first one was disaster (underbaked, too many components, cloying sweet, and too rich), the second one I scraped the levain away (I went overboard with extremely low hydration and extremely high osmotic pressure starter, became too proteolytic and had so little leavening power), the third one was portioning issue, and here is the fourth one!
Pain de Rémésy 2025 update | The Fresh Loaf
I've been tinkering with the Pain de Rémésy recipe off and on and am sharing a modification that seems to work better and more reliably.Here goes:83% strong bread flour2% rye flour15% whole wheat flour1% salt2.5% sourdough starterLess than a gram of instant baker's yeast (~0.6-0.7). I use a bit less than 1/8 a teaspoon. This is added in a supporting role, to help ensure a decent rise.
50% kamut yeast bread | The Fresh Loaf
Adapted from the old family recipe and Laurel’s kitchen whole wheat bread. I finally got a 9x4 Pullman pan. 1 c warm water 1.5 tsp ADY 3 c flour (half kamut, half a blend of prairie gold and some leftover from the last bake I think it was spelt) 2 TBSP EVOO 2 TBSP honey 2 tsp gluten 1/2 tsp salt Activate yeast in warm water with a bit of honey. Mix water and 2 c flour, oil, honey, gluten and let sit ~10 min. Knead in remaining cup of flour, knead about 15 min by hand. It is a very stiff dough. Cover and let rise ~40 min.
Ruchbrot / First Clear Flour Loaf | The Fresh Loaf
I wanted to try again a sourdough loaf with 100% "Ruchmehl". I'm not 100% sure, but afaik the closest match for Swiss "Ruchmehl" is the first clear flour. It is the traditional flour for bread in Switzerland. Something in the middle between bread flour and whole wheat. In the recent years some millers in Germany and Austria have begun to produce this flour, but it's not really mainstream.BTT - this is my second bake with this flour. I wanted a more open crumb with 100% "Ruchmehl" / first clear100% Ruchmehl / first clear80% total hydration2% salt
Garlic Pizza Bread with Lievito Madre | The Fresh Loaf
Pizza Week 3.I have been testing new formulations of pizza dough and have settled upon a formula similar to my baguettes but tweaked to make a Neapolitan style pizza dough, meaning elevated salt levels and low-end hydration with medium strength flour. In this case, I used the standard Caputo "Blue" Tipo 00 W270-290.The dough handled beautifully and really was exceptional - tender but still with good chew and a pleasure to handle. Hand stretched into a round disc in the usual manner...Needless to say I was ecstatic with the outcome...
Baked Starter! | The Fresh Loaf
You know that bubbly, lacy appearance when you look at a well-fermented starter through the side of its container? I've often wondered if that structure could be captured by baking it, and what the result would taste like. Now that I've got my new 4 X 4 X 4 Pullman pan (excuse me, "toast box"), I decided to try it out.