Wednesday 16 March 2011

Brown bread

Not to be outdone by the other day's dense brown bread, I set about trying again.
I mixed 300g wholemeal with 200g white flour. Left it to prove twice before shaping for baking. Then let it double in size on the baking tray, sprinkled with rye flour. Then slashed the top, and baked at 230C (realistically the hottest my oven can ever get) for 10 minutes then turned down the heat to 200C for another 30 mins.
I'm not getting the oven spring I'm after. Really want to get some stones for the oven to see if this helps. I sprayed the oven well as it went in, and after the 10 mins at a higher temperature. Haven't cut into it yet, so not sure of inside texture! Pretty sure its quite open crumb - will update.

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