First ever loaf and looking for feedback – i don't mind harsh haha. I'm guessing it's overproofed? I also cooked it in a flat lidded cast iron which I guess didn't help with the rise. Toasted it and still tastes great!
Thanks in advance, hoping to bake loaf #2 tomorrow morning 🙂
by SoapyBarefoot
28 Comments
You mean your naan?
First loaf looks perfectly fine. As you say, tastes great. That’s really all that counts. Just keep doing what you’re doing. Pay attention to details. Like everything else you get better with practice.
That’s not called scoring, that’s stabbing!
This is the first bread that I see where 50% of crust is crumb!
Not sure how to edit so here is the recipe as per Rule #5: 500g Bread Flour, 375g Water, 10g Salt and 50g Starter 🙂
Hey, it’s very good for your first. That crumb looks very good! You’re on the right track! Congrats
I bet it’s delicious!
Nicely done!
There is a post flair “Roast my loaf – harsh feedback please” I can change that for you if you want.
Took me many many tries to get a loaf looking that good
I think it looks great! If the temp was right – if it was low maybe could have left it in a mite longer just for color. Who cares about that though.
Mais pourquoi ? C’est magnifique.
If it was any whiter, it would be clapping on 1 and 3
Looks better than my first loaf
Looks way better than my first ten combined!
Looks like mine – your bread will get better, especially since you are here. Mine still tasted good – was just UUUGGGGGGGLLLLYYYYYY
The only thing you might think about is that your dough has created a “skin” from drying out. This will retard the rising because the outside is not soft and relatively fluid so the gases can’t rise. Lightly oiling the dough before covering with plastic wrap to rise can help. If you don’t want the added oil, top the bowl of dough with a clean tea towel that has been rinsed with hot water and wrung almost completely dry with plastic wrap over it. Then allow to rise. You can tell there’s a skin because when you cross hatched it, it picked instead of making a clean slit.
No negative feedback here. That looks effing delicious!!! 🤤
ETA: I was too busy staring at the final piece that I didn’t notice the scoring wasn’t that great. Scoring doesn’t affect the taste from what I’m aware of, so heck with it.
Very very good indeed for a first loaf
Didn’t roast it long enough
Better than my first loaf!
Nice! I think you got something that took many of us a lot of experimentation and many tries to get right. Congrats!
I think it’s beautiful!! My first loaf looked good, but after that I struggled for almost 4 months…
It looks great to me.
Looks great
I mean, I think it looks pretty great! And for a first time! Welcome to the hobby!
Looks great, bake it a little longer next time for a darker crust.
Beautiful!