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Does anyone else ever crave fish sticks?
I know it’s late, but I had to have some. The baguette was my excuse.
Does anyone else ever crave fish sticks?
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@Candi Brown-McGriff OMG that's funny
📌 The Tangzhong Cheat Sheet
Most bakers make the same mistake when they try tangzhong for the first time. They cook the paste right, then add it to the dough on top of all the water their recipe already calls for. The result is a sticky mess they can barely shape. The water in your tangzhong counts toward your total hydration. Don't add it. Subtract it. A 1000g recipe at 70% hydration uses 700g water total. Pull 5% of your flour for tangzhong, that's 50g flour and 250g water for the paste. Your main dough then uses 950g flour and 450g water. Same hydration, just redistributed. I put together a full visual guide that walks through the ratio, the right paste consistency, and why 5% is the sweet spot for sandwich loaves. 🔗 https://vowful-lichen-9kw3.here.now/ If you've been fighting tangzhong dough, tell me where it went sideways in the comments. Odds are it was the math, not your technique. ~ Henry ⭐🔥
📌 The Tangzhong Cheat Sheet
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Love this chart, I saved it too. We love Tangzhong / close to Japanese milk bread. I currently make all my sourdough sandwich bread, dinner rolls and hot dog bun and cinnamon rolls with Tangzhong. Making a milk, honey and butter or Avacado oil dough. It is Squishy soft, like the old skool "Wonder Bread" this bread is very kid friendly. I use 100% sourdough and get these results. I am definitely looking forward to sharpening my knowledge and skills with this one. Get excited everyone 😆 🤗
The Dough You Know #1
🥖 Dough Master 🏆 Score: 850 🎯 Accuracy: 70% 🔥 Best Streak: 6 ⭐ Level: Home Baker #DoughMaster #BreadKnowledge #CrustAndCrumb
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@Scott Fisher, Jr. Thanks so much I took it. Trying to see if it shows my score near my name?
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Mine won't post 😪 so I took screenshots. I took two different quizzes. @Henry Hunter
Carrot Focaccia Bread
This is a tribute to Henry Hunter @Henry Hunter and Robert Caldas @Robert Caldas who both introduced this carrot focaccia bread to us. I wanted to play in my safe and happy place today. I took the focaccia and cinnamon roll recipes from Henry's Recipe Pantry. I extracted what I needed from both. I grated some carrots and added extra spices as I love spices. I am a Spicy Lady. I did the cinnamon roll cream cheese icing and iced it. I sprinkled some dessicated coconut on top as well as some almond flakes to give it color. I added my carrots after the 4th stretch and fold. The dough was a beautiful orange color and so lovely to work with. The dough had so many huge bubbles. The more I dimpled, the more bubbles were appearing all over the place. I cried for joy and thank God for helping me. I have never seen this before and was taken by surprise. I contribute this to our stiff starter. Thank-you, my Stiff Squad for alway being there for me. I appreciate each and everyone of you! Love you tons! ❤️ @David Bachman @Candi Brown-McGriff @Donna Angelo @Linda Glantz
Carrot Focaccia Bread
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That is beautiful and delicious too. I made a carrot cake batard. But definitely need to do this in Focaccia! I think we spoke before about how we both have fun expermenting with Focaccia flavors. Im sharing a few images. First picture, Almond Joy. The glaze is made out of the coconut water, that I soaked the coconut and sliced almonds in. Second, lemon blueberry with lemon cream cheese glaze. Third picture cinnamon, cardamom , brown sugar and fresh walnuts before the cream cheese glaze. Fourth and fifth that carrot cake batard I mentioned served with a fluffy cinnamon vanilla spiced whipped cream cheese spread. I've even done one with a crumble ontop and a drizzle too. Super fun! Thank you my fellow "Fun Flavors Focaccia" baker Friend 🧡
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@Sandy Chong Thank so much for receiving my post. We will stay in touch...looking forward to seeing all your bakes
OK, I’m looking for a volunteer.
I need someone to bake this and tell me how it turns out. I’ve never seen anything like this in all my born days. I need to know.
OK, I’m looking for a volunteer.
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@Stacey Avraham I say why not...but it may be in focaccia form like I said. Because as sure as I am that it will work I really do not want to waste my resources. I do not have these junk foods laying around. I will need to buy the wafers and pudding extra.
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I thought I would give it a whirl...However I asked Ai about it read below ... ( this concludes comedy hour) 😃 😀🤪 are we having fun yet? Pudding & Vanilla Wafer video concept and look at why it’s a high-stakes gamble that often fails in a real home kitchen. ​While the video makes it look effortless, here is the technical breakdown of why that specific "pudding dollop" method is prone to failure: ​1. The "Gummy Zone" (Structural Failure) ​Adding wet dollops of prepared pudding into sourdough folds creates localized areas of extreme moisture. ​The Issue: Sourdough requires a consistent internal temperature (usually 208°F–210°F) to set the starch. Prepared pudding is mostly water and milk/cream; it won't "bake" into bread. ​The Result: You often end up with a "gummy" ring of underbaked, wet dough surrounding each pudding pocket. It looks like a "lava" effect in the video, but in reality, it can feel like raw dough when you eat it. ​2. The Enzyme Problem (Proteolysis) ​Bananas and the ingredients in some instant puddings can be "hostile" to long-fermented sourdough. ​The Issue: Sourdough is acidic. When you introduce the high sugar and specific starches of pudding mix to a long bulk ferment, the acidity can actually start to break down the gluten structure faster than usual. ​The Result: The dough can "melt" or lose its strength during the final proof, leaving you with a flat loaf that won't hold those heavy inclusions like vanilla wafers. ​3. The Vanilla Wafer "Sponge" ​The Issue: Vanilla wafers are extremely dry and porous. If they are folded in too early, they act like little sponges, sucking the hydration out of your dough. ​The Result: This leaves the surrounding dough dry and tough, while the cookie itself turns into a mushy, unrecognizable paste. ​4. Sugary "Bottom Burn" ​The Issue: The high sugar content in the pudding and wafers migrates to the bottom of the loaf during the bake. ​The Result: Sugar burns at a much lower temperature than flour. You risk a charred, bitter bottom crust before the center of the loaf is even remotely cooked through.
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Mauvette Bailey
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@mauvette-bailey-2545
56 years of kitchen cooking and baking knowledge. Started with yeasted breads in the early 1970's. Started my sourdough journey over 4 years ago.

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Joined Apr 3, 2026
Northern California