Posts by Chris

If we want to use yeast to cause a rise in dough, it seems counterproductive to knock the rise out of it once it finally happens. I mean, nobody vacuums their floor and immediately dumps a bag of...

I remember being overly nervous about not kneading our dough enough in the early days. I was also quite nervous that I was doing it wrong, somehow. After a while, I started to realize I had carried...

This is the million-dollar question, and one every single bread baker had to ask themselves at some point. The reason it is the million-dollar question is that so many roads lead to dense bread. Or...

I think everyone who has made more than, say, 5 loaves of bread in their lifetime has experienced a rather flat loaf of bread. One of the most frustrating things in the world for new bakers is...

This is a pretty common question around here, and for good reason. After all, it's called bread flour. It seems pretty obvious that you would need it if you're making bread. But, then again, it's...

This is a fairly common question we hear around here, and ironically we've actually found that it is two questions in one package. Either you're wanting to know when you can use your new starter, the...