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Joined: September 21st, 2012

Karen's herb oatmeal potato bread from Bread Machine Baking Revised

This is an excellent potato bread; I especially like it with fresh herbs from the garden (I often use rosemary and thyme). I do find that it definitely needs more flour, so I add about 1/4 cup more than... read more >

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Bread Illustrated: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Bakery-Quality Results At Home

By The Editors at America's Test Kitchen
America's Test Kitchen - 2016

Very good bread but with a few caveats. This is a high hydration bread (I calculated 79% hydration), and as such I found it a bit too wet and had to add extra flour. I'd say this is a recipe for bakers with some bread baking experience, since handling wet dough can be tricky. The resulting baked loaf tasted really good and had an excellent structure so I may make this one again. I loved the technique of soaking and grinding the whole wheatberries. This recipe is available online.

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