



Started this journey almost three weeks ago!
noticed my starter actively rising every day and voila! made my first loaf!
Used: 500 KA flour, 300 water, 90 starter, 10 salt
Mixed starter, flour, water all together and let it sit for an hour, after I added salt and knead lightly
Began my stretch and folds for two hours every 30min
Bulk ferment on the counter for ~6hrs
shaped and put in fridge covered for 18 hours
After cold proofing / preheat oven to 500 with dutch pan, lowered temp to 450 and baked for 30min covered (threw it a couple of nugget ice cubes) after lowered to 400 uncovered for 15 minutes
any tips help! 🌷
by Impressive-text2025

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Go longer in the oven, get that good caramel brown. Nice job.
Amazing 1st effort! Congrats!
Looks perfect!
Gorgeous!
Wow, that looks great! Your recipe is very similar to what I follow. How did it taste?
This is almost My exact recipe!! Looks fantastic. Congratulations!
Soooo pretty!!!
Looks amazing! 😍 good job!
looks perfect!
She’s STUNNING
Good job dude, looks great!
I made my first loaf today and yours gets my vote for best in show!
Omg that is a beautiful loaf of bread
Looks great!! 👍
Looks great, congrats!!!