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Jalapeño Cheddar and Cacio e Pepe Sourdough
I apologize, but I just couldn't pull together full write ups and formulas for these this week. I'll spare you the details, but life on many fronts has gotten in the way. I'll probably not be as present as I would like to be and as much as you deserve. I feel very bad about that. Here are the results from what I managed to bake earlier this week. I'm not completely pleased with the results, but at least they tasted delicious. I followed Maurizio's formula (https://www.theperfectloaf.com/jalapeno-cheddar-sourdough-bread/) to make a two loaf batch. After mixing, I divided the dough in half and added half the jalapeños (34 grams) and cheddar (105 grams) called for to half the dough during the initial stretch and fold. To the other half I added 140 grams of Asiago and 8 grams of coarse pepper. I followed his process pretty close for everything. One double batch of base dough, divided it in half, and added different inclusions to each to make two different breads. BreadScore results are decent, but I definitely needed more dough strength for the amount of inclusions (more folds, maybe some stronger bread flour instead of Costco AP?). I cut the cheese into quarter inch cubes, but a coarse shred may have been better. Use his recipe and give this a try using either version or try one of each. I'll be baking these again at some point and will write things up with the refinements I make. Thanks to all of you for understanding that things are a little crazy for me right now.
Jalapeño Cheddar and Cacio e Pepe Sourdough
4 likes • 7h
I used to make and sell Maurizio's beginners sourdough recipe and adapted it to include different inclusions like jalapeños and cheddar. I'm surprised honey is in this recipe. I never added honey and people loved that bread. In fact, I still use that recipe but will be testing it again here. Since I originally used that recipe I moved to another city, went from a gas stove to an electric stove, went from hand mixing to a spiral mixer and trying to convert to a stiff starter from a liquid starter. We'll see how it goes. Can I eliminate the honey in this recipe?
4 likes • 7h
@David Bachman thank you
Cinnamon Raisin Sandwich Loaf
May I get a bread score please? Used the recipe for my small Pullman loaf, 375g strong bread flour, 250g whole milk, 90g starter, 8g salt, 25g sugar, and 50g melted butter. Mixed in about 75g of raisins during 2nd and 3rd stretch/fold. Cinnamon swirl was added during shaping....75g brown sugar, 5g cinnamon, 30g bread flour, and 30g milk....made into a paste. The thing I think I am most proud of....not a bit of a leak in the pan, no raisin escaped, and no cinnamon/sugar burnt. I'm so pleased with the taste and the over all crumb, just need a better distribution of raisins, and the swirl. And yes I was so excited I cut into it before taking any pics!
Cinnamon Raisin Sandwich Loaf
2 likes • 7h
Delicious looking loaf. Congrats on the great score.
Bake of the Week Schedule
Every Monday, I'll drop a new formula for everyone to try. I'll be documenting my own baking and sharing that as well throughout the week. Here's what you have to look forward to through the end of July ➡️ Monday, June 22 - Sourdough Hot Dog Buns Monday, June 29 - Sourdough Baguettes Monday, July 6 - Seeded Sourdough Sandwich Bread Monday, July 13 - Cacio e Pepe Sourdough Monday, July 20 - Sourdough Pain de Méteil Monday, July 27 - Sourdough English Muffins There may be a few additional surprises sprinkled in as well, so stay tuned!
5 likes • 28d
Alright! Looks like an interesting lineup.
1 like • 1d
@Betsy Carey Can't go wrong with cranberry and walnuts. Yum.
Now Offering personalized BreadScore™ Overviews
Have you been taking advantage of the free BreadScore™ visual analysis reports to help you improve your sourdough baking? Are you curious about seeing the big picture of your sourdough baking since you've joined this community? You can now request a BreadScore™ video overview! This works best if you have requested four or more analyses and provides highlights of your successes, opportunities for improvement, and a suggested next steps on your sourdough baking journey. @Patt Stanaway and @Ehsan Omara have graciously given permission to share their overviews with everyone. My hope is that others will also be willing to do the same as I think we all have so much to learn from each other when we are open and generous in sharing both are successes and struggles. If you are interested in your own personalized overview, let me know below. I also plan on providing you updated overviews monthly if you're interested. Thanks again to Patt and Ehsan for sharing!
Now Offering personalized BreadScore™ Overviews
2 likes • 2d
@David Bachman very informative. Thank you.
4 likes • 2d
From reading my report and everyone else’s it made me come up with suggestions on how to improve my own bakes.
Pain de Mie
This is from Maurizio Leo at the Perfect Loaf. It’s my all time favorite sandwich bread. It comes out so beautiful and soft every time I make it. I did replace 44% of the bread flour with hard red wheat BF from Azure. I had to add more water but forgot to measure, just went with what felt right…. Could You please give this a breadscore @David Bachman? Thanks! https://www.theperfectloaf.com/pain-de-mie/
Pain de Mie
5 likes • 2d
Beautiful bread. I'll have to check out that recipe.
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JoAnn Amato
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@joann-amato-8513
Retired. It's been a year since closing our home bakery due to moving, but I look forward to getting back into baking as soon as things ease up.

Active 27m ago
Joined Apr 5, 2026
Chicago, Arkansas