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Loafletts

What is your typical hydration range?

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louiscohen

90% Sourdough Rye Schuster Laib

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Bob's red mill APF vs King Arthur APF

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Matt Tropic

Salzburg mills: Max Spezial vs MT 5 ED?

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Dough sticking to the basket

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Italian bread pans

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Decoding my favorite bread

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jo_en

Whole grain Noodles Again (w/clas) :)

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Matt Tropic

Grinding rye with a Salzburg (or other granite)...

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Constructing a hotel pan cover and baking...

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jo_en

barley pita w/clas

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Adding cheese and chives timing and qty

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Choosing the Perfect Wood for Your Wood-Fired...

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Robert1235

Yes! this video is amazing

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on Where is the Breadstorm App?

Robert1235

It appears that Breadstorm,

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It seems that Stanley

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on What's your baking music...

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Setting the mood is essential

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Rock

Very glad to hear that you

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Spot on Dave. The sheeter was

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on 90% Sourdough Rye Schuster...

louiscohen

Breville Air Fryer - Oven etc

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on 90% Sourdough Rye Schuster...

tpassin

That looks promising! I...

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on 90% Sourdough Rye Schuster...

tpassin

That looks promising! I...

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on fresh milled flour not good...

TheBreadMaster

Your bread looks spot on!

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on Do you autolyse if you have a...

albacore

Or is it simply that the

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on Best time to perform...

The Roadside Pi...

My personal modus operandi

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on Bob's red mill APF vs...

tpassin

Bob's All-Purpose flour...

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on Bob's red mill APF vs...

Rock

I believe the KA AP flour is

Bread Browser

Bosch Compact mixer accessories - Brand new bowl and mixing attachments

Constructing a hotel pan cover and baking experience with it

Interesting new books from Italian Gourmet

Yes, you can have too much oven spring!

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increasing fermentation but still underproofed

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Tsoureki sweat Easter bread

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Precaud

Material simulating a loaf load

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Avatars

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louiscohen

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for those desperately seeking a dutch oven

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chleba

adding potato to bread dough

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squattercity

the cost of a loaf of bread

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Best time to perform sourdough lamination (not...

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The best mixer in the world!

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Flash format video

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Is discussing yogurt making OK here?

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Mixing more water in after kneading...

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The Happy birthday to Floyd thread

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Today is Floyd’s birthday!

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Problem with elasticity and holding shape

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Rye is extending bulk fermentation time.

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