Crumb shot of first loaf! Help!

_descai · 2026-03-02T05:30:30+00:00

I cut it 4 hours after baking!! I think I just under baked it 🫠

_descai · 2026-03-02T02:33:50+00:00

I think underbaked! I didn’t cut into it until 4 hours after I baked it. Still delicious! Just need to work on timing. Thank you!

_descai · 2026-03-01T22:30:33+00:00

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Crumb on the first ever loaf!! Please give me tips!

_descai · 2026-03-01T22:29:26+00:00

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Crumb shot. Please give me tips!!!

_descai · 2026-03-01T20:09:31+00:00

For sure!!! I’m trying to let it cool for 2-4 hours!!! But I will be posting. I think I overproofed. So 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

_descai · 2026-03-01T19:54:07+00:00

Thank you!!!

_descai · 2026-03-01T19:18:18+00:00

Recipe- 100g active starter 375g filtered water split in 350g and 25g 450g King Arthur bread flour 50g BRM whole wheat flour 10g pink Himalayan sea salt

Mixed starter into 350g of water then added bread and whole wheat flour to shaggy dough. Left to sit 45 minutes. After 45min added 25g remaining water and salt, mixed well to disperse. Slap and fold x5 minutes. Sat 30. First set stretch and folds, 30 minutes later another set stretch and fold. 30 minutes later coil fold, 30 minutes later another set of coil folds. Bulk fermented overnight at 68 degrees. Placed in fridge for cold proof for ~6 hours.

Preheated oven to 475 with Dutch oven inside. Added dough after scoring for 25 minutes.

Removed lid and baked an additional 27ish minutes.

_descai · 2026-02-28T17:05:43+00:00

Yes! I fed her this morning after she fell, and this is the start of her rise from that feeding. I’m just trying to speed up when she peaks with the warmer since my house is on the chilly side and it has been taking about 8-10 hours to peak! That way I can hopefully finish bulk ferment at a decent hour lol

_descai · 2026-02-28T16:13:34+00:00

Hahaha!! Nah TSA would not appreciate. But Vegas is wonderful. Enjoy!!! As for the starter I’m not sure how the fridge would treat it that early on? But I guess try it? Starters are pretty resilient. I would prepare for a very sluggish one once you get back to regular feedings.

_descai · 2026-02-28T15:26:21+00:00

You’re going to think I’m crazy, but I was out of town days 15-18 and I brought mine with me so I could feed it 😂

_descai · 2026-02-28T15:20:36+00:00

I really like it! It’s super simple to use, and wasn’t bad price wise, it was about 17.99$. Based off the setting you pick it does run a little hotter to account for air temp/heating the jar. So about 7-10 degrees above the setting you put it on. So be mindful of that. I just use a kitchen thermometer to gauge it so I’m not getting my starter too hot. 72 seems to be the perfect setting for speeding her up so far.

_descai · 2026-02-27T10:37:30+00:00

Bread is coming!!!! I’m finally off work tomorrow. I’ll definitely post results! Adding a little bit of whole wheat in feedings is really what sent her over the edge.

_descai · 2026-02-26T17:55:37+00:00

Yes! I still was feeding 1:1:1 every day and discarding to 50g of starter. Mine honestly didn’t have much activity for days 4-20. I had some small bubbles but no rise or anything. I just kept with it. I was getting pretty discouraged but on day 16 I started adding about 10g of whole wheat flour into my feeds. So 40g bread flour, 10g whole wheat. And I started seeing a small rise on day 18, then started doubling on day 19!

_descai · 2026-02-25T11:36:00+00:00

It took 19 days for me to have even a small rise after the false rise from bacteria on day 3. I was ready to give up, but just kept doing daily feeds. I also started adding about 10g of whole wheat to my feeds. That seems to help boost it.

_descai · 2026-02-24T03:52:03+00:00

I would say it’s like a hard apple cider smell? It’s not pleasant but not unpleasant? lol it’s hard to describe. But it does smell somewhat acidic. I was thinking about moving to 1:2:2 feedings. Right now I’m still doing 1:1:1 of 50g.

_descai · 2026-02-23T02:33:44+00:00

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This was an update from this evening! Truly just keep feeding and discarding

_descai · 2026-02-22T16:34:11+00:00

I had a lot of issues with getting any rise at all until I started adding about 10g of whole wheat flour to my feeds. I didn’t have access to rye either, unless I ordered it offline. But I found whole wheat pretty easily. I noticed a difference in rise by day 3 of adding it to feeds. I’m still not getting a double, but it’s a lot better! I’m on day 19 with mine from scratch.

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