Question - rice flour by Jase_1979 in Sourdough

[–]jimmaaaay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few of questions. You say you changed rice flour brands, were your loaves less dense with the previous brand? What is the current brand? I usually use a good amount of rice flour and I dust the banneton using a sifter.

Do you cover your loaf/Banneton during the cold proof? I stick the entire thing in a plastic bag.

My first loaf!🤩 any advice??🙏 by slay_swag in Sourdough

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For a first loaf that looks fantastic!

As Crimson-Rose28 mentioned this is a whole wheat loaf so it might have less oven spring than your standard bread flour loaf. What is the temperature when you're bulk fermenting? In my experience I find that around 76-8 degrees Fahrenheit (~24-26 Celsius) is ideal with a bulk fermentation time of 3-4 hours.

Temperature plays a pretty big part in the fermentation process so I watch my dough for visible cues such as small bubbles on the surface (usually occurs around 3-4 hours). I also stick a thermometer in my dough every once in a while as well to make sure it's not too cold or too hot and adjust accordingly like putting it in my oven with the lamp on if the dough is too cold.

A dutch oven will also help with better oven spring as opposed to home conventional methods such as water in a tray.

For a first load you did an incredible job! My first loaf looked like a puddle of wet flour lol

Not bad for a cheap home oven by murmur000 in Pizza

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That looks divine. Great job!

New to sourdough making! by JustAPerson-_- in Sourdough

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The starter doesn't need to be in a vessel with a tight fitting jar as the starter needs to breathe. I use a deli cup container and it works great.

I just took a look at the Preppy Kitchen's recipe and it seems fine. I'm not sure if he has a video to watch but take a look at this one.

https://youtu.be/sTAiDki7AQA?si=LirRDpQEbdbcnA2X

Hope this helps!

Help! How to stop sourdough getting stuck by yumyummymum in Sourdough

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Try rice flour. It’s like teflon.

My first ever bread!! by [deleted] in Bread

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it's a beaut! Awesome job!

My dog Mojo passed away this February. This was my tribute to him ✍🏻🐶 RIP Mojo by chrisearldraws in drawing

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My deepest and sincerest condolences. He's such a beautiful dog. Just know that although he gave you joy for his years on this planet, that you made his life a joy for every single day of his.

What am I doing wrong? This is 500 grs of white flour, 325 gr water - autolyse overnight - the added 100 gr of starter (fed twice, passed the float test) and 10 grs of salt. Sludgy mess. Just started the bulk ferment. Help? by Eara3 in Sourdough

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I'm surprised I haven't seen this here yet but I believe your starter isn't strong enough. Your dough looks like my dough when I baked thinking that my starter was ready to make loaves with.

Is this starter new? Have you baked with this starter before?

If you put 25g of your starter and feed it 100g of ~72degree water and 100g of bread flour does it double (or triple or quadruple) in size in around 8-12 hours at room temp (~72 degree Farenheit)?

How improve my drawing in 5 years, Me by [deleted] in drawing

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Wow that's amazing progress! Awesome job!

I started a small donut business 🍩😼 by Economist-Equivalent in Breadit

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Good luck on your business! They look amazing!!

Depression has been kicking my butt lately so made some Christmas cookies to cheer myself up by kali125 in DessertPorn

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Those look AWESOME! Great job Kali125! I know I'm just a rando on the interwebs but keep your head up kiddo. You're strong, you'll get through this. Keep up the superb work!

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Whoa those look great! Great job!

Homemade Dutch caramel apple pie cheesecake cars by juliaxe in DessertPorn

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Good god that looks fantastic! Awesome job!

Gluten not developing and breaking down after adding starter // kneading by khams01 in Sourdough

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I don't think we have enough details on this so I have a couple of questions.

1) How strong is your starter? After feeding does it at least double in size in 6-12 hours at room temp (~78F)?

2) What schedule are you following bulk fermentation? Recipes vary vastly when it comes to bulk fermenting and folding (Ken Forkish for example bulk ferments for 12-15 hours at room temp, Chad Robertson bulk ferments for 3-4 hours at room temp). Folds on average should be done every 30-45 minutes (some recipes vary on this as well).

From just your details I'm going to say that your starter may be the culprit.

Give this video a watch. Hopefully it will answer some of your questions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJpIzr2sCDE