BBA Challenge #29
I totally messed this one up. Or so I thought. I was already making an alteration to the recipe by using sweet mashed potato instead of regular potatoes. Then i got a little over zealous and threw in over a CUP instead of a quarter cup. That was a mistake. When i was mixing the dough (via Kitchen Aid) it felt way too liquid-y. I knew I had thrown off the proportions by using too much potato, so I threw in a little extra yeast and some more flour. I also partly used the wrong type of flour. I used a combination of a half cup of semolina and some whole wheat pastry flour in place of the durum wheat I used the bread flour that the recipe called for. I followed the stretch and fold method per the Bread Bakers Apprentice, but let it cold rise in the fridge for about 4 hours while at the gym.
The end result tasted really good, but i am not sure what kind of bread i really made.
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Wow! I’m not sure what kind of bread you made either but it looks wonderful! I love breads made with semolina. The scoring looks perfect! Nice job!
Comment by Cathy (breadexperience) 100123 @ 1:42 pmHmmm…mystery sweet potato bread. I don’t think I would have been able to recover from an accidental mistake like that. Good job!
Comment by Frieda 100123 @ 3:10 pmthanks
I will have to pay much more attention when it comes to sourdough!
Comment by twoskinnyjenkins 100124 @ 4:35 pmIt’s totally gorgeous! I love that you just kept going, and ended up with something that tasted good.
Comment by Janice 100125 @ 2:27 amWhatever the bread is called, the scoring is beautiful. And the color makes me very much curious to taste it. Wonderful job!
Comment by misterrios 100128 @ 5:55 pmThank You! I think this was my most successful scoring attempt yet.
Comment by twoskinnyjenkins 100128 @ 6:23 pm