New Year's Resolutions - September Update
September was a great month! Settling into new routines and schedules got me back on track. I'm now 3/4 of the way through the year and looking to finish strong. 1) Bake more bread from scratch I've got a solid handle on the master recipe from the cookbook I've been using for the free form white loaves, so in September I wanted to try something new. I've never worked with whole wheat flour before I got a bag and started the month making light wheat loaves. I little whole wheat in our diets is better than nothing. Rather than doing free form, I busted out the loaf pans to see what results I could get. The first loaf I did was 1.5 pounds of dough that I formed into a oval shape. Then let rise a bit in the pan. It got some good rise but when it expanded to the sides of the pan, the top blew out. I still tasted pretty good, although I think it needed another 5 to 10 minutes in the oven. The crumb on the ends had some nice hole structure but the middle was a tad ten