In addition to taking part in today’s
multigrain bread bake-along, I baked my go-to sourdough sandwich bread (one of Henry’s recipes). It’s not in the Recipe Pantry - yet. @Henry, that’s a hint. 😊
The step that I skipped was the bulk proof, going directly from kneading to shaping. Pure curiosity, I just wanted to see how it would turn out. I was not disappointed.
Two of the things that may have worked in my favor were approximately a 40 minute rest as a shaggy mess prior to kneading. I also extended kneading time from my typical 10 minutes to about 15.
Even with the extended kneading, there were some air bubbles so I docked the dough prior to shaping. Yes, I do that occasionally.