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Joined: September 21st, 2012


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February 3rd, 2024

Rustic Italian loaf from Canadian living breads and pizzas

This has a very wet dough and due to this I use the bread machine on the dough cycle, stopping the cycle just before it kneads the dough down. After this it’s fairly easy (use lots of flour on work surface)... read more >


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300 Best Bread Machine Recipes

By Donna Washburn, Heather Butt, Mark Shapiro
Robert Rose - 2010

7th September 2019 (edited: 7th September 2019)

Sesame semolina bread : page 187

This makes a very nice bread that rises well. It rose almost too much, so I had to watch it carefully towards the bake time on my machine. Next time I would probably cut the yeast by a quarter teaspoon. The resulting bread is light and has a fine texture. A good all purpose bread.

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15th February 2023

Country harvest bread : page 117

Excellent bread, once extra flour was added. Will reduce liquid when I make it again. Used pumpkin seeds and poppy for the seeds, and omitted skim milk powder. This would make an excellent sandwich bread.

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