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Default Baking session - mixed results
On 2018-10-25 6:48 PM, wrote:
> 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:
>>
>> https://postimg.cc/qgxgvMmV
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>>
> Oh, those do look beautiful!
>
Thanks!
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