Club Breadmakers

[Happy Mama]

25hourmaid:

Happy Mama:

You prefer weekends or weekdays when our DDs/DSs are in school?

I would prefer weekdays, as weekends are usually reserved for the family but then if we opt for weekdays, there would be a little bit of a problem for those who are interested in coming along.

Think I have the oldest kids among all of you here and I don't have to worry about what time they get home etc (and most times they don't get home till evening, anyway), but for the rest, might be a bit of a problem.

I prefer weekday mornings too... but so far, nobody has responded, so we cannot gauge if they are keen, and which days and timing... so we cannot move on from here... :?

[Happy Mama]

Happy Mama:

25hourmaid:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"]You prefer weekends or weekdays when our DDs/DSs are in school?

I would prefer weekdays, as weekends are usually reserved for the family but then if we opt for weekdays, there would be a little bit of a problem for those who are interested in coming along.

Think I have the oldest kids among all of you here and I don't have to worry about what time they get home etc (and most times they don't get home till evening, anyway), but for the rest, might be a bit of a problem.

I prefer weekday mornings too... but so far, nobody has responded, so we cannot gauge if they are keen, and which days and timing... so we cannot move on from here... :?[/quote]Hi 25hourmaid, I PMed you. Pls check.

[corneyAmber]

Thanks, replied.

[Happy Mama]

Wow, the thread has gone so quiet all of a sudden...


:snooze: everyone!

[corneyAmber]

:snooze: Good night, bread kakis! Nice pillows to sleep on tonight and got bolster even!!

[Happy Mama]

25hourmaid:

:snooze: Good night, bread kakis! Nice pillows to sleep on tonight and got bolster even!!

Hahaha! That's true! Your French Loaf can double up as a bolster.

[autumnbronze]

Okie, this is my 3rd wholemeal loaf.


My DH finally got the chance to try it out.

His verdict: tasty, esp the crust. I trust his judgement cuz he's my harshest critic. Although I admit that I personally am still not satisfied with it.

I made some adjustments:

1. I mixed 2 cups wholemeal flour with 1/4 cup bread flour

2. I used warm water, not room temperature water

3. I used 250g of crushed Vit C tablet

4. I added a pinch of extra yeast on top of the specified amt

Now, although the bread still did not rise as much (but def slightly higher than the first one), there were no craters. It is denser but from what I have read on the net, it is supposed to be.

I did not divide the flour half half as suggested by b2b3m4 yet (though I did use the vit C), because I wanted to see how far I could push by using as much wholemeal flour as possible. The taste is really nutty and delicious. I love it. But I think that the texture may soften if I add more bread flour or use gluten flour instead as per mentioned.

My next attempt, I will portion half and half and see how it goes. I must also look into the amount of the yeast.

Here are the pix:

http://postimage.org/image/9jf6l6qs/


http://postimage.org/image/9jvpynok/

[Happy Mama]

autumnbronze:

Here are the pix:


http://postimage.org/image/9jf6l6qs/

http://postimage.org/image/9jvpynok/

:congrats: Autumnbronze!! Your wholemeal bread is a great success and looks really delicious. :rahrah: :rahrah:

[jtoh]

Autumnbronze, your wholemeal loaf looks good.

[peterch]

autumnbronze:

Okie, this is my 3rd wholemeal loaf.


My DH finally got the chance to try it out.

His verdict: tasty, esp the crust. I trust his judgement cuz he's my harshest critic. Although I admit that I personally am still not satisfied with it.

I made some adjustments:

1. I mixed 2 cups wholemeal flour with 1/4 cup bread flour

2. I used warm water, not room temperature water

3. I used 250g of crushed Vit C tablet

4. I added a pinch of extra yeast on top of the specified amt

Now, although the bread still did not rise as much (but def slightly higher than the first one), there were no craters. It is denser but from what I have read on the net, it is supposed to be.

I did not divide the flour half half as suggested by b2b3m4 yet (though I did use the vit C), because I wanted to see how far I could push by using as much wholemeal flour as possible. The taste is really nutty and delicious. I love it. But I think that the texture may soften if I add more bread flour or use gluten flour instead as per mentioned.

My next attempt, I will portion half and half and see how it goes. I must also look into the amount of the yeast.

Here are the pix:

http://postimage.org/image/9jf6l6qs/


http://postimage.org/image/9jvpynok/

Looks good and yummy. :celebrate:

But you do not need to use warm water as it will make the dough rise quickly but no 'oven kick' during baking, (Energy finish liao )
In bakery, they even use ice water to mix the dough. This is used to keep the dough temp to be low during kneading process

I'm still looking the article about vit C. As I know vit C use in bread as preservative not to help fermentation and yeast need sugar as it's 'food' not vit C. :? I'll try to find more about this