Questions tagged [rising]
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Sourdough hasn’t risen overnight
I mixed 400gr of flour with 200 of starter, plus 280 ml of water and a bit of salt. I worked it with the slap and fold method and left it overnight.
Sadly this morning I woke up to find it only about one third increased in volume.
I had a similar…
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My brownies are flat
I have followed the following recipe for my brownies:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup sunflower oil
3/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
Oreos (about 15)
However, the batter didn't…
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Dough rising and oxygen. How does it work exactly?
Despite being easily the most rudimentary stuff in bread making and heavily discussed and written about, the relationship between oxygen and rising still appears to be shrouded in myth and speculation. Having read various articles on this…
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What are some pros/cons of restarting a bread machine mid-cycle?
The situation:
I put all ingredients in the bread machine pan as usual (but with a little extra sugar or honey and liquid) and start the cycle. After the first or second kneading cycle, I restart the cycle. Sometimes I'll restart the cycle a second…
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Adjusting Bread flavor
I just found a lovely recipe to make a super crusty bread in my dutch oven. The texture is lovely and the crust is fantastic! However, the bread didn't rise much and the flavor is a little flat.
The recipe is
6 cups flour
3/4 tsp yeast
2 1/2…
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My sourdough starter is thick with small bubbles but isn't rising
I started my sourdough starter on the 17th. I was doing 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup flour with one feeding a day, discarding half before each feeding. It rose with bubbles the first two days and then began having hooch every day. I started feeding it…
Alyssa Gamez
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Why has my bread machine become unpredictable?
I've had a Panasonic SD-2501 bread maker for a little over 10 years. I use it 2-3 times a week to bake a simple white loaf, but recently it's become very unpredictable in the rise. Sometimes it produces a well-risen loaf, but sometimes the result is…
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Is there a way to proof a wet dough in the same container?
I'm here not questioning that a second rising (a.k.a. proofing)
of a
wet
dough
is necessary. It is, or else you'll get what someone termed "elephant skin".
But I am baking a wet dough too frequently to appreciate a counter that needs cleaning so…
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Will my expired cake mix rise?
I have a package of Koopmans Oud-Hollandse Appelkaneel Cake mix that I think my family bought from Aldi a few years back, which is well past its expiration date. I know that baking powder in cake mixes can expire over time as the acidic and basic…
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I get a smaller volume loaf from mixing sourdough in mixer - what am I doing wrong?
I have made my same recipe (74% hydration) of sourdough by both the stretch and fold and the Kitchenaid mixer method. I get a denser, lower volume loaf when I use the mixer, whether I refrigerate the dough or the shaped loaf. The stretch and fold…
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Making Gluten Free hot cross buns
I tried making hot cross buns over the weekend using gluten free flour. I used a standard recipe and tried substituting All purpose flour for a GF version and White bread flour for a GF version.
The recipe calls for 2 cups of each with 1/2 cup warm…
J.Wood
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Rolls fall flat
when making yeast rolls mine will rise the first time then not at all the second time most occasions, I read about over rising first round, so I think this could be my problem, however when I do get them to rise the second time they seem to fall…
Jenny H
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