got some reading to do about baking bread

RRP · February 2015

Today, Sunday morning, the UPS man delivered my new 378 page bread baking book by Hertzberg and Francois. I'm looking forward to getting in the groove with others who bake bread masterpieces on their eggs.

tisoypops · February 2015

Hmm... That sounds like a mighty fine idea sir. There are so many things to do...how to do them all? Especially with so little time

texaswig · February 2015

I'm a firm believer in their product. I've made their their bread lots of times. But in a Dutch oven . I've yet bake one on the egg.

Chubbs · February 2015

@RRP, I just ordered that book as well! We will learn together....

keepervodeflame · February 2015

Started baking bread in my egg last year. Just a wonderful thing to do. I picked up a book called "The Bread Baker;s Apprentice" really good info as well. Enjoy your bread journey, I have had lots of fun with it.

Beaumonty · February 2015

We've used the previous version of this book as the sole source of our "daily bread". it's easy and awesome. We have not, however, tried it on the Egg. I'm interested in your experience.

Beaumonty · February 2015

I meant to say "we've used it as our "daily bread" for the past two and a half years.

it's that good and much better for you.

RRP · February 2015

Beaumonty said:
I meant to say "we've used it as our "daily bread" for the past two and a half years.

it's that good and much better for you.

Do you have a large family? For years 1 loaf of commercial bread lasts us 8 to 9 days so it's unlikely that I will be pursuing some of the recipes.

Beaumonty · February 2015

we have four kids, but the best thing about the bread is that you cook only enough bread to hold you one or two days. basically, you pull dough out of the fridge, make a grapefruit sized dough ball, let it rise and bake it. you end up with fresh bread every other day since the dough is already made.

johnkitchens · February 2015

Off subject, but your UPS man works on Sunday?

Walt2015 · February 2015

@RRP do you plan to preheat stone for baking bread like you do for a pizza Or just get egg to temp and put dough on?

caliking · February 2015

I'll be watching out for some of your bread cooks

@Walt2015 - I think I've had a few Amazon deliveries form them on Sundays. USPS delivers my Amazon packages on Sundays as well.

TN_Egger · February 2015

@RRP I ordered that book last year as well. Use it almost every week. Two must-haves to go along with it (IMHO)...

RRP · February 2015

johnkitchens said:
Off subject, but your UPS man works on Sunday?

I was really dumbfounded! Our Westie went nuts like he does when a delivery man shows up and here the guy was with the Amazon package. I am not a Prime member but the shipping label was clearly marked in bold SUNDAY DELIVERY.

RRP · February 2015

Walt2015 said:
@RRP do you plan to preheat stone for baking bread like you do for a pizza Or just get egg to temp and put dough on?

I have baked cakes for years on my medium egg and there I use my Plate Setter and green feet spacers. From what I have read elsewhere it appears to bake bread your best best is to set up,with PS, spacers and then pizza stone all preheated before the raw risen dough goes on...but hey, I am just at the start of this new adventure in Eggdom! OH - i forgot!!! - I have read about baking bread in a CI Dutch Oven as well! Soooooooo many ways, huh? LOL

Beaumonty · February 2015

Definitely preheat stone

SkinnyV · February 2015

I haven't bought a loaf of bread in months. I have 2 sourdough starterd that are going strong, I bake in my oven though in the la creuset.I dont see why i want to burn the lump....but maybe one day ill give it a go.

RRP · February 2015

SkinnyV said:
I haven't bought a loaf of bread in months. I have 2 sourdough starterd that are going strong, I bake in my oven though in the la creuset.I dont see why i want to burn the lump....but maybe one day ill give it a go.

Thanks for that heads up as well.

johnkitchens · February 2015

That is amazing @RRP I had no idea that UPS delivered anywhere on Sunday. They are shut down tight as a drum here on Sunday!

RRP · February 2015

johnkitchens said:
That is amazing @RRP I had no idea that UPS delivered anywhere on Sunday. They are shut down tight as a drum here on Sunday!

while we are not rural and have normal 6 day delivery from the USPO I know that FedX packages are delivered by an independent contractor. I did not see the big brown box UPS truck so I wonder if the delivery was done by someone else which. Is probably the case as I personally never saw him/her and he/she openned our storm door and placed the box inside while other UPS deliveries are not done that carefully.

Carolina Q · February 2015

Ron, Julie's camp bread dough just gets plopped into a preheated CI DO. It's a VERY wet dough. Good bread though.

Mix it up before bed, cover, leave on the counter overnight and bake in the morning. Or mix in the AM and bake that evening. About 5 minutes a day.

texaswig · February 2015

This is the first bread I ever baked from their recipe. Cast iron Dutch oven. I was totally surprised how good it came out.

UrbanForestTurnings · February 2015

Wish I had a Dutch oven for bread. That looks great

HogHeaven · February 2015

Here's the way I find baking bread on the large BGE works best for me...

My setup and process for baking bread in the large Big Green Egg...

Process... I cook both sourdough and ciabatta at 500 degrees while it is under the stainless steel mixing bowl. Half way through the estimated time of the cook... 15 minutes for ciabatta bread, 30 minutes for sourdough bread, I take the mixing bowl off, rotate the loaf 180 degrees and turn the heat down to 465 degrees. The back side of your BGE is the hot spot so I might rotate the loaf once more to get even cooking/browning.

My rig...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8723959438/

Pizza stone elevated above the felt line using BGE's GX grill extender...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8858490960/
Being higher in the dome allows for maximum air flow. Airflow... Is why an out door pizza and bread ovens are superior to your kitchen oven. Your kitchen oven has very little air flow.

Stainless steel mixing bowl to trap the steam from the water you spray onto your loaf right before it goes on to your stone. The steam keeps your dough moist during the first part of the cook and allows you loaf to attain the maximum oven spring.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8858491734/

No daisy wheel, plate setter in, so you get maximum air flow and so you can see your bread browning... Without losing heat.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8858470747/

My final steps before starting the baking process for bread, sourdough and ciabatta.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8858492390/
A water misting bottle, my lame (scoring knife), a heat resistant glove, a fish spatula (because it is very thin) to lift the stainless steel mixing bowl that has been preheated to 500 degrees, parchment paper, my final shaped and final proofed loaf in its proofing basket, a small light brush... To dust off the seminole flour from the top of the loaf that it picked off of the bottom of the proofing basket for my sourdough loaves and a pizza peel. Pizza peel not shown.

Some of my bread cooks...

Look at the rise of this loaf... I added a bigger stainless steel mixing bowl.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8941887392/
crumb...https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8942264745/

A good day of baking sourdough bread... Look at the color and those blisters
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/15415271743/
I prefer my bread a little darker than you can buy at Safeway.

I found the hardest thing to learn and perfect in my sourdough learning curve was... Scoring the loaf to get really good decorative patterns on your loaf... Http://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/15848868629/
If you don't score your dough at the perfect angle and depth your loaf will come out flat... No ear's.

Ciabatta bread. Large loaves and hoagie size rolls...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/16127976148/

My official taste testers...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/food_pictures/8720273435/

if you want a really good reliable sourdough recipe and the processes of how to do it properly... Let me know.

got some reading to do about baking bread

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