Excited about my first loaf! I used the recipe on Alexandra Cooks, using 100g of starter, 375g of warm water, 500g of King Arthur bread flour, and 11g of pink Himalayan salt (that’s all I had).
I didn’t autolyse, so I mixed those ingredients all at the same time and let them sit. After stretch and folds every 30 minutes for 2-hours, I let it phill
Then I started stretch and folds every 30-mins for 2 hours and let it bulk ferment on the counter for 10 hours (not including a sleepover in the fridge overnight), shaped it, and put it back in the fridge to cold proof for 24 hours. In hind sight, I should have left it on the counter to proof a bit after shaping and before the cold proofs, but oh well.
After 24 hours, I baked in my Dutch oven for 30 mins at 450 and 15 minutes at 400 until the internal temp reached 200F. Next time, I’ll leave it in longer to crisp up a bit more, but I didn’t want to risk burning my first loaf…
Super excited about this, and curious for folks feedback!
by kimgerbz
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Oh also, I had difficulty scoring, and forgot to put flour on the top of the dough before baking lol. Next time!
You did really good
I am so incredibly happy for you and ridiculously annoyed at the same time. That’s your FIRST TRY???
👏
Gorgeous!!
It’s terrible. Clearly you need to start over and change everything
Your first try?! STUNNING
Better than my 6th try lol
Great
truly magnificent!
https://preview.redd.it/i3973ykjy7ce1.jpeg?width=1180&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8a8a5b09c150ecae1e257848644dcd7f5985e08
Much better than me. 😆 one day tough.
Looks great! I’m new and find shaping and scoring to be the trickiest.
I get a sourdough starter to complete to make bread with 🙁 Seems like the most simple thing to do .
It looks so good!! How old was your starter? I’m preparing to make my first but I’m not sure how long to wait!
That’s gorgeous
This looks great!
Absolutely gorgeous!!
is there a recipe you followed?