Yesterday I made sourdough bread. I had my daughter take a few pictures because I wanted to try making a .GIF animation to show the kneading action. I discovered that my very old copy of PS did not have animation capabilities. Oh well. Then I decided to drag and drop the photos instead of selecting and inserting each separately. I wasn’t sure how gallery works, so I clicked on them individually anyway. So, they are all stuck together. There was a slideshow option; that might have been better.
This recipe has a two-step mixing process. The flour water and salt are mixed first and left to rest 10 minutes. Then the starter is added plus more flour if necessary. I think it is an odd way to mix it but I haven’t tried to mix it any other way. Chicken, I guess. I put the dough in the refrigerator the night before and took it out yesterday. The rising took about 8 hours since the dough had to warm up first. The wonderful thing about sourdough is that you don’t add any other yeast. I find it amazing that this works. Rising times are definitely longer giving me plenty of time to do other things. I love the smell of it baking and have to have some almost right away. I let it cool about 10 minutes before cutting it because everyone knows that the bread police will get me if I don’t! Supposedly it can give you a tummy ache if you eat it hot right out of the oven. Pshaw, I say!
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