Baking on a Tuesday

 

Today was a relatively productive day. Made brekkie for nephew #1. Went out for a breakfast meeting (Which meant I had breakfast...yay! Sometimes life gets busy and I forget to eat...like yesterday.) Got back home to cook lunch. Got more work done. Then baked sourdough bread loaf #1. 

Followed by loaf #2. Can't decide which scoring style I prefer. (They are walnut, apricot, raisin and cranberry sourdough bread loaves). 

And since I got the oven all nice and hot, I decided to make some miso peanut butter chocolate chip cookies. Like 31 of them. Only ended up with 30 because 1 got "stolen" while it was chilling on the cooling rack. Yep, that's why I can't start a home bakery business friends. My food gets stolen before they can get packed and shipped off to customers. *LOL*

Then I cooked dinner and cleaned up. All done by 7.30pm. Now just blogging about my day before heading to bed. :)

What about you? What's Tuesday like for you?

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Workspace Wednesday - my sourdough week

 

Happy Wednesday friends! Just sharing the week's sourdough-related photos. :)

Monday morning: Made Japanese-style egg mayo toast for mum and nephew #1 with last week's Japanese sourdough milk bread. And fed my sourdough starter (I usually feed my starter in a large mixing bowl, then put them in glass containers with ample space for them to grow).

Tuesday morning: Made a stack of sourdough pancakes with the fed starter (once they triple in size, they go in to the fridge to hibernate). Also made a levain with remaining starter.

Tuesday afternoon: Mixed dough, ferment, shaped dough then put the boules in the fridge for a 12 hour retardation.

Wednesday morning: Baked 2 boules of sourdough bread! 

And that my friends, is my sourdough week. :)

P/s: I'm thinking I might feed my starter tomorrow for some sourdough pizza...you know, to eat next week. The 5 day fermentation makes for a really tasty pizza crust. 

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Workspace Wednesday - the sourdough explosion

 

So I tried a new recipe today - Japanese sourdough milk bread...and it did not turn out pretty. *LOL*

I think it was because I didn't roll the dough tight enough so there was an "explosion" at the top of the loaf. Such a rookie mistake. I have made Japanese milk bread before, just not this recipe...so I should have known better. Oh well, it looks a bit artistic eh? *consoling music plays in the background*

Nephew #3 saw the loaf and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He said taste was what matters.  :) (Oh yeah, now I have an extra mouth to feed on Mondays and Wednesdays.)

I suppose he is right. There's milk and egg in it. And the slathering of melted butter. Well, we will know tomorrow. *winks*

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