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Beginner sourdough baker
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This was supposed to be a tutorial of how to plait a sourdough challah bread, I watched a video for the first one and thought I could video the second loaf.. ooh how wrong was I 🤣

This plait well and truly had me baffled!

#sourdough #challahbread #sourdoughchallah #plaitedbread #sourdoughfail by @happystarter

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3 months ago

The summer is nearly over in the UK so I couldn’t resist turning this hemp seed sourdough into a strawberry loaf 🍓

I skipped my autolyse in this 75% hydration loaf meaning it didn’t get the strength it needed for the rise that I would have liked but the crumb was so soft. I don’t think the hemp hearts added much flavour to this sourdough loaf but they do add plant protein, omega 3s and are gut healthy making one of the healthiest sourdough loaves ever!

Have you tried hemp hearts? 💕

#guthealthyfood #hemphearts #plantprotien #sourdoughjourney #fermentationstation by @happystarter

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Shaping this beautiful pink and purple sourdough bread 🩷💜

I think I’ll call this my unicorn bread 🦄

I used purple sweet potato powder for the pink powder and butterfly pea powder (which was supposed to be blue) for the purple 🤭

#sourdough #sourdoughstarter #madewithmarriages #pinkandpurple #unicorn by @happystarter

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3 months ago

episode TWO .. egg whites

@theboganbakery suggested egg whites for this week and what a loaf! I could barely hold her in my hands.

If you’ve ever been thinking of replacing water for egg whites in your sourdough then this is your sign to do it. The colour of this dough was so beautiful, and it was so perfectly soft from start to finish. And the crumb.. oh the crumb 😍

If I did have any tips it would be to loosen your starter with 50ml of water before mixing with the egg whites as the proteins in the whites made it kind of hard to do by hand, but that is all.

#eggwhitesourdough #eggwhites #sourdough #highprotiensourdough #sourdoughbread by @happystarter

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16 hours ago

Look at her.

Open crumb, soft centre, excellent personality.

A real catch. 🤌🏼🍞

#speltflour #sourdough #speltsourdough #sourdoughscoring #highhydrationdough by @happystarter

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2 days ago

Note to self.. don’t forget to spray water before you shape 😆

I would have liked to push the bulk a little further with this one, but I was nervous about how the spelt flour would act and we were heading out to dinner so I just rolled with it.

#speltflour #speltbread #sourdoughshaping #sourdoughbread #breadbaking by @happystarter

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4 days ago

Sourdough and spelt ✨

This was the first of MANY coil folds I did for this Manitoba and spelt sourdough loaf. I used @dovesfarm white spelt which only has 10g protein so I wanted to build as much structure into my dough as possible. First I did a hour autolyse, followed by 30 minute fermentolyse before adding my salt. I was sure to be super gentle with my folds and continued doing them until my dough held its shape.

Have you tried spelt flour?

#speltflour #speltbread #madewithmarriages #sourdoughbread #coilfold by @happystarter

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5 days ago

Pink sourdough milk bread 💕✨

I have a few regrets with this loaf, I made it last minute so made it without a stiff sweet starter and can really notice the extra sourness. This was also because I ran out of time during bulk so put her in the fridge overnight (something I don’t normally do with milk bread), another mistake.

Overall it was still delicious, still beautifully soft but not what I’m used to when making milk bread!

#sourdoughmilkbread #tangzhong #tangzhongmilkbread #sourdough #breadbaking by @happystarter

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7 days ago

Episode ONE ☝️

Welcome to my new series called anything but water. In this series I think you can guess what I’ll be doing, making sourdough with ANYTHING but water 💦

In episode one I used 100% whole milk in replacement of my water. Now I know that milk is not 100% liquid so to compensate I made this loaf 75% hydration but she definitely needed more! Even with a 75% hydration this dough was stiff and took a whopping 14hours to bulk, I probably could have pushed it even further but I opted for shaping and baking. The loaf felt HEAVY and I was worried cutting into it but the crumb is so beautifully soft, definitely not like the light and airy crumb i am used to be beautiful in its own way. The crust is slightly toasty and sweet from the sugars in the milk and the crumb so soft and squishy ✨

Would you swap water for milk in your sourdough?

#sourdoughseries #sourdoughmilkbread #sourdougbread #madewithmarriages #highhydrationdough by @happystarter

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8 days ago

Butter Toasted Oats 🌾 and Honey 🍯 Sourdough

This loaf is packed to the brim full of beautiful buttery oats, with honey not only in the loaf but drizzled during lamination creating pockets of golden bliss ✨

The brains behind this recipe is my friend @theboganbakery and it’s just everything you hope for.

#oatsandhoney #breadbaking #sourdoughrecipe #sourdoughbaking #sourdough by @happystarter

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11 days ago

Toasted oats, local honey and a little time. 🍯✨

Today I’m trying out @theboganbakery butter-toasted oats & honey sourdough recipe and it did not disappoint ✨

Something so relaxing about drizzling golden elixir on a beautiful dough 🍯🐝

#oatsandhoney #sourdoughrecipe #localhoney #sourdoughbread #sourdoughbaking by @happystarter

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13 days ago

Score and bake this 75% hydration loaf ✨

I love higher hydration doughs but 75% is my happy place 💕

This dough was so beautiful to work with and I’m so in love with the end result 💛

2 hour autolyse • 30 minute fermentolyse • lamination • 3 coil folds • 12 hour cold proof

#sourdoughscoring #sourdoughscore #sourdoughrecipe #sourdoughbaking #sourdough by @happystarter

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