A Bread Baking Kickstart


Making Dough at Home in Your Spare Time

A Bread Baking Kickstart

The only thing better than the smell of fresh baked bread is the taste! Whether you're an accomplished baker or just getting started, this book will put you in control of your dough by giving you formulas and techniques with the context you need to make them your own.

The book begins with pancakes and other quick breads before moving on to simple fool-proof recipes and techniques for yeasted breads as well as foccaccia, pizza, pita, and bagels. You'll learn to add more complexity to your breads by using time and pre-ferments such as biga, poolish, and - only if you want - sourdough that you grow from scratch. The book finishes with a foundational recipe that you will learn to adapt to make a wide variety of breads depending on your mood and what you have on hand.

From a simple pancake to a rustic whole wheat sourdough this book is more than just a journey through recipes and techniques. It's a collection of stories and breads I've made for friends and family in various home kitchens over more than four decades.

Contents


Chapter 1: Introduction

What you need

The Mystique of Sourdough

Growing a Sourdough Starter

Road Map

Links and Resources

Credits, Bio, and Version History

Recipe Index

Technique Index

Chapter 2: Quick Start

Pancakes

Using a Formula

Sourdough Pancakes

Crepes

Muffins

Irish Soda Bread and Scones

Pan Breads

Crackers

Extras

Chapter 3: There's no Knead

Wet Focaccia

Scaling

Easy Bread

Focaccia

Steam

No-Knead Bread

Jeffrey's Bread

Mental Calculations

Chapter 4: Rises in the Yeast

English Muffins from a Wet Dough

Kneading

Pizza

Bagels

Pita

Hamburger Buns

Cuban Bread

Challah

Tangzhong

Chapter 5: Time as an Ingredient

Kneading and Folding

Shaping and Slashing

Working with Water

French Bread

Pâte Fermentée

Sponge

Biga

Poolish

Sourdough with Yeast

Sourdough

Chapter 6: Up and Out

Sourdough Rye Breads

Whole Wheat Breads

1 2 3 4 Dough

1 2 3 4 Applied

1 2 3 4 Biga and Sponge

1 2 3 4 Hydration Levels

Ciabatta

Rustic Whole Grains

Mixins

So...

What's Inside


Recipe Index

Techniques Index

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