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Default Baking session - mixed results

On Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:13:06 PM UTC-5, graham wrote:
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> I decided to have a baking session yesterday. I had discovered that my
> sourdough levain had gone really dormant and it took a few feedings to
> get it up to strength. I then made a poolish with all the water and half
> of the flour with some of the levain and left it overnight. I made the
> dough in the morning and while it was proofing, I went to the store to
> get the ingredients for some chocolate-pistachio-cranberry muffins. In
> the relatively short time I was out, the dough almost tripled in volume
> indicating a now healthy levain. I made 3 loaves:
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> https://postimg.cc/qgxgvMmV
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Oh, those do look beautiful!