today I baked up my Yeast Water Loaf using Henry’s recipe from the Pantry. Henry, If you remember about 3 weeks ago I dropped my big Gallon Jug of Yeast Water and had to start over from scratch. Well, yesterday I mixed it up and bulk fermented to 50%. Then did an overnight cold retard from 7pm - 10am. I think I did myself proud on this one. I got good oven spring, a very decent ear, blisters and a good soft well fermented crumb. I used all KA bread flour but because of the Yeast Water it has the slight sweet earthiness of whole wheat when it’s mixed with white flour. I believe that I am a redeemed bread baker!!!! I had a few flops with different artisan loaves for different reasons. But I did some different things with this that I think will help me to improve on all others going forward. Perfection is NOT required, progress is and I think I’ve made some progress. As I move forward my intentions are to focus on one particular recipe until I get the best possible results with it. Thank you Lord!!
Btw, I have a whole new gallon jug of Fermented Yeast Water