{"id":54767,"date":"2018-05-28T06:57:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T13:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=54767"},"modified":"2018-05-27T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T00:58:46","slug":"baker-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=54767","title":{"rendered":"Baker Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I need some advice! But first, a cute photo of Logan and me cuddling on the couch early Saturday morning:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54777 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-690x690.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7220.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the long weekend I\u00a0<em>finally<\/em> got to try my very first loaf of sourdough bread. I&#8217;ve never made bread before (except for Sheepherder&#8217;s Bread and I think I killed the yeast and it never rose) but it&#8217;s been something that both Michael and I have wanted to try doing for years.<\/p>\n<p>My friend gave me some of her sourdough starter probably a month or so ago. I&#8217;ve been feeding it every week and it smelled so good and sour. I was really excited to try this. So Saturday morning after the gym I got started on prepping and making the dough because I knew it would be an all day process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7233-e1527467771607.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7233-e1527467771607.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7233-e1527467771607-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First off, having the Kitchenaid mixer for making bread is AMAZING. I barely had to do any of the kneading.<\/p>\n<p>Second, even though I fed the starter a lot and gave it extra leading up to the weekend, I still didn&#8217;t have quite enough for the recipe. So I had to feed the starter more right before. Maybe that changed things? I don&#8217;t honestly know.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-54767 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=54769'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7235-e1527467790518.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7235-e1527467790518.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7235-e1527467790518-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?attachment_id=54770'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7236-e1527467796345.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7236-e1527467796345.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7236-e1527467796345-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I followed the instructions of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/anoregoncottage.com\/easy-sourdough-artisan-bread\/2\/\">recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/span> I used (recommended by my friend). I had found another recipe, too, that I thought sounded good. I think I will try that recipe next time and see how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:162]<\/p>\n<p>Since this was my first loaf ever, I didn&#8217;t have high expectations. I knew it would take practice but I was still a little bummed out it didn&#8217;t turn out like it should. I think I should have let it rise longer than the 5 hours the recipe called for. Because the dough didn&#8217;t really look like it rose all that much from when I started it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7246-e1527467841281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7246-e1527467841281.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7246-e1527467841281-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next time, I won&#8217;t use my dutch oven to bake it, either. One of the options of the recipe was to use a baking\/pizza stone. We have one that makes GREAT pizza so I will try that next time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7247-e1527467874918.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7247-e1527467874918.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7247-e1527467874918-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Overall the bread was OK but not great. It was really dense. It weighed a freakin&#8217; ton. It wasn&#8217;t the light, airy sourdough I was expecting. I&#8217;m not sure what I need to do differently in the future. I read through some messages boards online and none of them were really clear. It could have been too wet, not wet enough, maybe I didn&#8217;t let it rise enough, maybe it had too much gluten in it, maybe not enough&#8230;HELPFUL.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7253-e1527467893148.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7253-e1527467893148.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7253-e1527467893148-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7252-e1527467910722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7252-e1527467910722.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7252-e1527467910722-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I could definitely use some advice from bread baking experts out there! What did I do wrong? How do I make the bread LIGHT and AIRY?<\/p>\n<p>In other news&#8230;on Sunday we went out to lunch for Logan&#8217;s BFF&#8217;s birthday. I had an AMAZING burger on AMAZING bread. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Lunch was at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hopworksbeer.com\/\">Hopworks<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. It&#8217;s a great place, good food and it&#8217;s very kid-friendly, which is nice. We were in a back room for kids so that was good, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7270-e1527468364844.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7270-e1527468364844.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7270-e1527468364844-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seriously, look at that bun! It was SO GOOD. I wish I could make bread like that. My burger had swiss cheese, toasted hazelnuts, caramelized onions, arugula and lemon aioli on it. It was to die for. One of the best burgers I&#8217;ve had in a long time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7265.jpg 264w, https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_7265-124x300.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above photo was the toys at the restaurant in the kid&#8217;s area. (Great idea!) Logan had cheese pizza with apple slices on the side (decent pizza, too).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>QUESTION: Master bakers, HELP ME!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need some advice! But first, a cute photo of Logan and me cuddling on the couch early Saturday morning: Over the long weekend I\u00a0finally got to try my very first loaf of sourdough bread. 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