"graham" > wrote in message
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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
>
> Then I made the muffins following a recipe from the British Bake-Off
> competition. I followed the recipe very carefully. $7 worth of pistachios
> and about $11 worth of chocolate in the mix and another ~$7 worth in the
> ganache!! The cupcakes were a bit dry and it took much more chocolate to
> get the ganache to a setting consistency.
> The results were unimpressive. However, I'm sure my grandson and
> granddaughter will soon polish them off.
> I shan't make that recipe again.
> Graham


Good looking bread.

Cheri