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RE: First time making sourdough bread
So glad I visited you page when you had an active post :) My son loves to bake bread and he is very accurate about it. He does the stretch method.
I used to bake lots and lots of bread and even sold it. What I did is make a pre-dough with my starter and freshly milled rye flour and water. Just mixed it enough to be mixed all together. I let that sit for at least 12 hours, sometimes longer. Then, I took my next starter from that, added salt, more flour, spices, herbs, seeds, some water ( I did different varieties). Again, let it sit until it was well risen. Then, I formed it, let it rise some more and bake it.
So, timewise, it was a long process. Workwise, it was not...
It's good to be back and feel like I can do this just a little bit different. I had a hard time finding the kind of posts that I enjoy reading, but I'm working my way back to what I like about steemit.
I hope I didn't offend anyone who is really good at making sourdough bread, that wasn't at all my intention. I got really frustrated when I couldn't find a recipe for something really basic to get me started. I almost got to scared to even try! Maybe with some practice I'll be doing a dough before I make a dough like you, but for now I'm learning to understand the process. And I agree with that, so far I feel it's more time than hard work!