Sunday: sheets, showers, breads
Oct. 16th, 2022 05:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutWe did sheets today. So that’s nice.
A. had a swimming lesson, so she got a shower after and I did her hair.
I also had a shower today.
Yesterday / last night I made bread and got for real oven spring. I’ve never gotten it to work properly with a loaf. I used my sourdough (which is 100% whole grain) and a lot of King Arthur Special Patent and water, with oil for the glass loaf pan (and basted the top with it). Turned out great; the lack of salt was noticeable altho butter it and it’s fantastic. It qualifies as “restaurant bread” at least for A., who had a slice toasted instead of her waffle at breakfast, and a couple slices in a grilled cheese at lunch. I had some last night, and then made pizza toast with a couple slices for lunch. Yum.
The white flour sourdough I had set up last night expanded a _lot_ and behaved roughly like slime. Window pane to the nth degree. So I used that to make rolls and got crazy oven spring on those, too.
Finally, I got out the drum sieves and bolted some flour. I put the bran bits that I couldn’t reduce enough into the freezer (maybe I’ll top a loaf with them) and am using the rest in the experimental sourdough crock. We’ll see how this goes.
A. had a swimming lesson, so she got a shower after and I did her hair.
I also had a shower today.
Yesterday / last night I made bread and got for real oven spring. I’ve never gotten it to work properly with a loaf. I used my sourdough (which is 100% whole grain) and a lot of King Arthur Special Patent and water, with oil for the glass loaf pan (and basted the top with it). Turned out great; the lack of salt was noticeable altho butter it and it’s fantastic. It qualifies as “restaurant bread” at least for A., who had a slice toasted instead of her waffle at breakfast, and a couple slices in a grilled cheese at lunch. I had some last night, and then made pizza toast with a couple slices for lunch. Yum.
The white flour sourdough I had set up last night expanded a _lot_ and behaved roughly like slime. Window pane to the nth degree. So I used that to make rolls and got crazy oven spring on those, too.
Finally, I got out the drum sieves and bolted some flour. I put the bran bits that I couldn’t reduce enough into the freezer (maybe I’ll top a loaf with them) and am using the rest in the experimental sourdough crock. We’ll see how this goes.