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Blues Heron

(5,939 posts)
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 11:22 AM Feb 2013

Easy Starter Bread

Just recently started baking bread again after a long hiatus. Took a few tries to get back into the swing of it (baked a couple of bricks!) Here's the most recent recipe I used, this one came out quite well. It uses a starter that you ferment overnight.

Starter:

1/4 tsp instant yeast
1 cup AP flour
1 cup water

ferment overnight on the counter

Dough:

the starter mixture
2 cups AP flour
1 rounded tsp salt

Mix the dough and let rest 20 min.
Knead on floured surface 15-20 turns
Let rise in covered bowl 4 or 5 hours
Punch down and knead 15-20 turns
Let rise until doubled
form loaf, place on greased baking sheet
let proof about 1 hour
Preheat oven 450
bake ten minutes at 450
reduce heat to 400
bake another 18-20 min until instant read thermometer reads 200 degrees
let rest, enjoy!

Very happy with this bread, the dough is easy to work and it bakes up into a nice loaf that makes excellent toast.





















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Easy Starter Bread (Original Post) Blues Heron Feb 2013 OP
That's fairly close to the NYT "no knead" recipe Warpy Feb 2013 #1
For me this is actually easier than the no knead Blues Heron Feb 2013 #2

Warpy

(111,298 posts)
1. That's fairly close to the NYT "no knead" recipe
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 07:39 PM
Feb 2013

However, they have you mix 95% of the flour in, then walk away and ignore it for 16-24 hours. The final 5% of the flour is used to shape the round loaf and keep it from sticking to whatever you have it doing the final rise on before you dump it into your preheated Dutch oven.

I think the worst thing about being allergic to wheat is no longer being able to play with yeasted wheat doughs. Non gluten flour with gums added are just not the same.

Blues Heron

(5,939 posts)
2. For me this is actually easier than the no knead
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 08:16 PM
Feb 2013

It's less hydrated so it doesn't stick to the board much but still kneads very well, holds its shape well. And no need for the hot dutch oven/parchment business.



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