Where I post the most bread photos
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Bread recipe nonsense original
The loaves i make are not soudough loaves. Sourdough is very difficult to master and unfortunately, tends to be people’s first foray into breadmaking. I am convinced that this is why more people my age do not make bread on the regular. Sourdough is hard and can be quite frustrating. I mostly just want to eat toast that tastes good. I may attempt to learn sourdough in another few years, but I have learned that there are so many other techniques to master.
My favorite breadmaking channel is “BreadStory” where a youtuber follows various bakeries in Japan. https://www.youtube.com/@pan.monogatari
The bread that I make is very high hydration which can be difficult to work with. If you do not have a lot of counterspace it can be quite the situation to work with.
Here is a video showing how to form and work with high hydration dough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEG1BjWroT0
At first, when I was developing this, I used flour on my work surface, but this tended to make more of a mess than it helped. When you’re working with more than 50% hydration dough, it’s better to wet your tools and hands.
If you want to get the exact setup I have, here is the list and what I use on the regular. You don’t have to do it this way, but if you want to replace your bread buying with bread making I would recommend the full list.
Bench scraper
Flour duster