Trail 3- what I'll bring to class

I made another small change. 

2 3/4 cups of flour 

1/4 cup of wheat flour

1.5 cups of water

1/4 teaspoon of yeast

1.5 teaspoon of salt 

Trail 2

final product ...cooked for less time but it's still pretty toasty. third trial I'll have to coop it for even less!! 

Trial 2

making another change & instead of heating the ditch oven for 30 mins, I'm only going to put it in for the oven to pre heat 

Trial 2

just floured the dough, two more hours to sit then I will start cooking it! 

Trial 2 -Day 1

I am beginning to work on my second trial of miracle bread! I decided to change a few things. 

3 cups of all purpose flour 

1.5 cups of warm water 

1/4 teaspoon of yeast 

1.5 teaspoons of salt 

not only am I changing the recipe a little I'm going change how long I ferment it. last time I felt the yeast was pretty strong so I'm going to ferment it for less hours and see if that helps! 

I hope this time it tastes as good as the last! 

Final #1

I thought my bread came out fantastic for never fermenting before. Although there still will be a few changes to my second try. The bread had great flavor..little too much. So for my next time I am not going to let it ferment as long to hopefully cut back on how strong the yeast flavor was.

Also the bottom on the bread WASN'T burnt, dark golden brown. However that's a little took cooked for my liking, so next time instead of heating the Dutch oven for 30 minutes I think I'm gong to put it in for 20 or so. I also may not cook the bread for as long. 

Those are my two critiques to my first fermentation. But overall I would give myself an A+ because the bread was still very good and my family is enjoying ever last bite of it. 

Trial 1- Final

FINAL PRODUCT! it looks amazing & now my house smells amazing too!! 

Trial One- Day two (cooking)

half way done and it looks great!

can't wait to try some of this! 

Trial 1 - Day 2

putting my empty dutch oven into the oven to heat up @ 450 degrees! then will put my bread into the dutch oven to cook! 

trial one - day one night

no changes in the bread, although is has still continued to rise. leaving it overnight to continue to rise, then will finish it in the morning! 

Trial 1..still day one

wow that's amazing it's only been a few hours and my bread has already risen so much! 

can't wait to see how much more it will rise! super excited to try some of this!

Trial 1- Day 1

just finished mixing everything, time to sit and wait! 

for my first trial I used:

2.5 cups of all purpose flour 

1/2 cup of wheat flour 

1.5 cups of cold water 

1/4 teaspoon of instant yeast 

1 teaspoon of table salt 

Ready, Let's Go!

just went shopping and bought all my supplies!! 

starting my creation this afternoon -will post again will more photos! 

Introduction

Hi All,

I have planned to ferment bread! I'm excited to post my journey as I learn how to ferment food, and more specifically ferment some miracle bread! 

As I did a little researched about the history of yeast, I learned yeast can be considered the oldest industrial microorganism. And it is very likely that people were using yeast before the development of written language over 5,000 years ago!

I chose to make this bread, because I am a bread LOVER. I love when bread is doughy, so fermenting my own bread will give me the opportunity to make bread just the way I like it! Can't wait to try some and also share with all of you!

To make this bread you would need....

Ingredients:

1. 3 cups (468 grams, 16.5 oz) all-purpose or bread flour. Feel free to make some fraction of this whole wheat flour. I would start with a small amount (say, 1/2 a cup) and work your way up as you experiment. 
2. 1.5 cups of water (354 grams, 12.5 oz). 
3. 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast (instant yeast is also called Rapid Rise. The primary difference between instant yeast and the traditional yeast is that the granules are smaller and you don't need to proof it. Just add it to the flour. I always use instant. ) 
4. 1.5-2.5 teaspoons salt, according to taste. 
5. Spray oil like Pam.