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🌾 Quick Update on the Poppy Seed Loaf Recipe
🌾 Small but important update on the poppy seed loaf in the Recipe Pantry. The original version called for T55 French wheat flour, and I'll be straight with you, that was a miss on my part. Most of us don't have T55 sitting on the shelf, and we shouldn't have to chase down specialty flour just to bake a poppy seed loaf at home. So I pulled it back and rewrote it. āœ… What Changed Both versions, yeasted and sourdough, now call for bread flour as the primary flour. If you've got AP on hand, that works too. If you happen to have T55, use it. The recipe works with any of the three. But the default is now whatever's already in your pantry. šŸž Yeasted Version https://skoo.ly/yeasted-poppy-seed šŸ„– Sourdough Version https://skoo.ly/sourdough-poppy-seed šŸ“ Quick Note on Flour Swaps šŸ”¹ Bread flour gives you slightly more structure and a bit more chew. That's what I'd reach for first. šŸ”¹ All-purpose flour gives you a softer, more tender crumb, which honestly suits a poppy seed loaf just as well. If you use AP, drop your water by about 5 to 10 grams because AP absorbs a touch less. šŸ”¹ T55, if you have it, sits right in the middle around 11% protein. Use it the same way you'd use AP. That's it. No other changes to the recipe. Same hydration, same timing, same method. šŸ‘‹ Your Turn If you've baked the old version, tell me how it went. If you're baking it this week, post your loaf in the thread. I want to see them. Perfection is not required. Progress is. Henry ā­šŸ”„
🌾 Quick Update on the Poppy Seed Loaf Recipe
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šŸ„– Saturday Bake: Poppy Seed Loaf, Two Ways 🌾
We’re staying on the road we’ve been building together. Baguettes. Pretzel bread. The Foolproof Sourdough Loaf. And this Saturday, we’re going somewhere beautiful. ✨ Poppy seed bread. ✨ Two versions. ✨ One bake-along. šŸ“Œ Why two versions? Some of you are deep into sourdough and ready to push hydration. Some of you are still building your starter, or just want to bake bread this weekend without a multi-day commitment. This Saturday, both of you get to bake the same loaf alongside everyone else. šŸ„– The Sourdough Version T55 French flour and a touch of wholemeal at 80% hydration. The poppy seeds get folded in during the first coil, which laminates them through the crumb instead of mixing them away. The result is what you see in the photo: ✨ Open ✨ Airy ✨ Flecked with seed ✨ That nutty crunch you only get when the seeds keep their integrity This one teaches you: 🌾 How to handle higher hydration 🌾 How to time bulk fermentation in a warmer kitchen 🌾 Why we use 3.5 sets of coils instead of 4 (Hint: 80% hydration with wholemeal doesn’t want a fourth set. It tightens the crumb.) šŸ“– Full sourdough recipe in the Recipe Pantry: https://pantry.bakinggreatbread.com/recipes/poppy-seed-sourdough-loaf šŸž The Yeasted Version Same flavor. Same beautiful crumb. Simpler timeline. āœ… Same-day bake āœ… No starter required We’ll use the same poppy seed lamination technique with a commercial yeast dough, so you still get that gorgeous seeded crumb without the multi-day fermentation. If you’ve been wanting to bake along but felt like sourdough was a barrier, this is your week. šŸ“Œ I’ll have the yeasted version uploaded to the Recipe Pantry by end of day today. Watch for the post. šŸ›’ What you need to know now: 🌾 Pick up poppy seeds this weekMost grocery stores carry them in the spice aisle. 🌾 If you can find T55 flour, grab it.If not, a strong all-purpose around 11–12% protein works beautifully.(King Arthur AP is the closest match.)
šŸ„– Saturday Bake: Poppy Seed Loaf, Two Ways 🌾
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The Art of Handling High-Hydration Dough šŸ’§šŸž
Every week, someone in here posts a photo of their dough and asks the same question: ā€œIs this right? It seems really wet.ā€ The answer is almost always yes. The fear is universal. And the instinct to fix it by adding flour is what kills the bake. šŸ„– This video is for everyone who learned to bake on sandwich bread and dinner rolls, then hit a wall when they tried ciabatta, focaccia, or rustic sourdough. The dough was never wrong. The expectation was. In this video, I walk through: šŸ’§ The hydration spectrum and why the rules change at 75% and up šŸ”„ Why higher hydration is actually more forgiving on bake day, not less šŸ™Œ The ā€œwet hands, not floured handsā€ rule šŸŒ€ Coil folds vs. stretch and folds and why it matters for your crumb šŸ› ļø The three tools that make wet dough manageable This is the foundation for everything we’re baking Saturday and beyond. šŸŽ„ Watch it here:[drop YouTube link] Then meet me back here. Saturday, we’re baking a poppy seed sourdough at 80% hydration. Two paths available: sourdough or yeasted. Pick the one that fits your week. šŸ‘‡ What’s the highest hydration you’ve taken on so far? Drop it in the comments. Perfection is not required. Progress is. Henry ā­šŸ”„
Bim’s Sourdough English Muffins
Ran out of bread last week for brekkie. I was craving for English muffins. I used the high gluten flour and added some wholewheat. I was being creative again in my safe and happy place, my kitchen. I made the muffins too large and still getting use to my high gluten flour. The first tray was too dark. The second, experimenting and baked it lighter. I only had 12 rings and ended up with 14. I pan fried the front 2 in the first dark baking pan as I ran out of rings. I made these before I got sick. I tried being creative as usual as did not want to slave over the stove frying them. Tropical weather here and so hot and extremely humid. It was 90 F. I decided to bake instead of frying them. I covered them with another baking pan on top. Trying to be innovative and thinking out of the box. Here is the recipe I used and halved the recipe for 12 English muffins. Please do try as they were such great tasting English muffins I have ever tasted. I used active starter as I had extra that I had made. Bim’s Sourdough English Muffins Recipe 1,200 g. Bread flour 760 g. Milk 300 g. Discard one week old 80 g. Honey or sugar 22 g. Salt 3 eggs Mixed everything I large bowl followed with 4 sets of stretch and fold in every 30 minutes (2 hours) Proof another 2 hours or until it rises 70% at 25-27 degrees Celsius Option one same days baked cut the dough into 110 g. Or your preference size and bake Option two retard over night, cold retard give the bread nice flavor and also give you a good benefits for your health 🄰 In the morning cut the dough in to size of your preference and mine are 110 g. (24 English muffins) making ball I use a lot of flour to handle them, rest dough on the counter top to proofing another 2 hours or until double in size. Heat up the pan on medium low, put muffins in and covered the lid for 4-6 minutes each side or cook until golden brown, then transfer the English muffins in to the baking tray and bake in the oven or air flyer another 4 minutes at 190’c This way is to avoid uncooked inside English muffins.
Bim’s Sourdough English Muffins
Did Someone Say Yeast Water?
@Henry Hunter check out my Yeast Water …. I started my Yeast Water with organic raisins. I’ve used several different organic fruits along the way. But what stuck for me are apples and raisins To keep her going, on the same day every week, I strain off the old fruit and replenish the jug with fresh fruit and a little sugar. You can also use honey. The sugar/honey just gives the fermentation a little boost. When you use some of the Yeast Water for your recipe simply refill the water back to your water line (so mark your jar at your water level) on refreshment day when you add your fresh fruit and sugar.. Make sure you stirs your Yeast Water ONCE EVERY DAY Listen at that FIZZZZZZ!
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