BREAD baking

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Well rather than keep using the other thread whicha actually started about bread machines, I thought I'd start a new home made BREAD thread here in the nutrition/recipes forum.

I have a sourdough starter now in my fridge that I got from Kingarthurflour.com
The first sourdough bread was fine to eat but not as elastic and chewy as I'd like. Could it have been the 1/3 whole wheat flour that made it too dense?

I also have my basic boule dough recipe in the fridge from the Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day book.

Up to now I've only used that dough to make plain white boules. Today I'm going to try their recipe for olive bread, and I'll fold in a few sun dried tomatoes and bits of onion and rosemary to see what happens. I post the results.

I also need to start a 'sponge' dough to keep in the fridge since the Artisan book has lots of recipes that use some sponge to jump start their bread.

So many things to try!

Yesterday I tried a cool old recipe for a baked crepe-pancake bowl for fruit, and it was a big hit with DH. Here are photos:
http://strumelia.blogspot.com/