Comments on: A baker’s dozen: Our 12 plus 1 best baking tips! https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/ The place for the ambitious home baker Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-653942 Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:17:13 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-653942 In reply to Joseph Falcone Sr..

Thank you Mr. Falcone. Wishing you many enjoyable baking moments and wonderful loaves!
Ed & Marieke

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By: Joseph Falcone Sr. https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-653910 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:45:42 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-653910 EXCELLENT BREAD INFORMATION…
THANKS

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-653674 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 06:37:14 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-653674 In reply to Floyd Reed.

Hello Floyd,
So lovely to read your story, thank you for sharing it with us. Living in Holland we have not much knowledge of your school system, but we do hope these fond memories will always stay with you. We know, looking back at our own high school time, we now appreciate certain things in a new light.

Greetings from the Low Countries,
Ed & Marieke

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By: Floyd Reed https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-653654 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:10:39 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-653654 In my high school, (Class of ’72) the choir teacher’s name was Christine Baker. She had a select group, her “cream of the crop” of students, that had premium skills and voices that showcased for certain special events and were called out to preform separately from the rest of the group for the regular school assemblies.
They were called “Baker’s Dozen”. There were 13 of them.
She was a wonderful person, and everyone was driven to be in this elite group. After she passed, the school built a new auditorium and named it The Christine Baker Auditorium. Today, I doubt Ms. Baker would be allowed to hold out a group of premium singers- there would be no “Baker’s Dozen” because of equality restraints practiced in most public schools. A real shame, I think.

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-652967 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:41:09 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-652967 In reply to Gino Van Waeyenberghe.

Hallo Gino,
Dank voor je enthousiaste bericht! Daar zijn we blij mee natuurlijk.
Leuk te lezen dat je ook een Rofco hebt. Je hebt vast al onze tips gezien voor steenoven-bakkers?!
www.weekendbakery.com/posts…ven-users/
Op de foto zie je ook een schietplankje waarmee we de broden in de oven ‘schieten’. Deze plankjes maken we ook zelf en verkopen we in onze bakshop:
www.weekendbakery.com/websh…/28-bakken
Naast het schietplankje zie je ook een baguette schietplankje (extra lang en smal) dat gebruikt wordt om baguettes van werkbank naar rijsdoek en van rijsdoek naar de oven te brengen. Op deze manier, met de hulp van een beetje semolina of maismeel bv op de plankjes die fungeren als een soort kogeltjes, schuif je het brood de oven in zonder het te beschadigen.
Als je handig bent kun je zelf ook plankjes maken.
Hopelijk helpt dit je een beetje de goede kant op ?!

Enjoy your baking,
Ed & Marieke

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By: Gino Van Waeyenberghe https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-652963 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 13:30:18 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-652963 Wat een openbaring deze website! Dankzij een workshop, zuurdesem brood bakken, deze website ontdekt.
Tonnen nuttige info al gelezen, bedankt daarvoor.
Klein vraagje, ook ik bezit een Rofco oven met drie etages, hoe schuiven jullie de broden en stokbroden van de plank op de ovensteen zonder de broden veel te beschadigen?
Alvast bedankt en doe zo verder!

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-651561 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:31:49 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-651561 In reply to Joseph Falcone.

Thanks for finding it useful Joseph.
Enjoy your baking adventure!

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By: Joseph Falcone https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-651542 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 20:54:43 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-651542 Excellent information.
Thank You so much.

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-650578 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 12:00:30 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-650578 In reply to Karen.

Hello Karen,
It is really hard to judge how long you need to knead by hand, without seeing someone’s technique. As a rule of thumb you start by kneading for around double the time giving for kneading with a machine. A lot of our recipes use short kneading times plus stretching and folding of the dough with longer resting times in between to develop the dough. Another important fact is the flour you, the protein content of it (for bread make sure you use strong bread flour with at least 12% protein to get good development) and the absorption of the flour (which can differ from ours).
If you say the dough remains pretty wet the first thing to try is use a bit less liquid (few%) next time and see how that goes. Make sure the dough is well developed and when in doubt about this give it an extra stretch and fold and extra time to develop.

Hope this helps!

Enjoy your baking,

Marieke & Ed

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By: Karen https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-650552 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:16:19 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-650552 I have made several of your recipes and they have all turned out great (even though I don’t have a bread mixer)

I did want to ask what you recommend to overcome this – I just knead for longer than the time in your recipe, but often my dough remains pretty wet (it doesn’t affect the rise or the taste) but it means I can’t shape it.

What would you suggest?
Thanks
Karen

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-650541 Sat, 07 Oct 2017 09:51:54 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-650541 In reply to Linda White.

Hi Linda,
Thank you so much for sharing your thought and experiences. So good the scales are on the list, we cannot do without and are always encouraging people to please use them whenever possible (also to weigh their liquids / water).
Seems you never lost your joy of baking and now again discovered the bliss of bread baking. We are sure, with scales, journal and thermometer and your earlier experience you are on the road to excellence.

Wishing you lots of loaves and many happy baking hours!

Ed & Marieke

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By: Linda White https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-650514 Sun, 01 Oct 2017 22:58:19 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-650514 Discovered your site while in process of making a version of Xavier Barriga’s bread – using his technique. Well, I needed to know what the measurements converted to for me and came upon your expert baking conversion table (www.weekendbakery.com/cooki…nversions/) and decided to explore your site more. I will be referring back to your site over and over again – and will be trying your recipes. I knew I needed a scale (from watching numerous baking shows) and have it on my list to purchase. . . .

I used to bake bread once a week – of some sort bagels, french, loaf, etc. – back in the 80’s when I lived in Honolulu. Don’t know why I stopped even though I continued to bake other things. . .

So now I’m back to baking bread.

Thank you for your tips. Now to add the journal to my list and actually use it. I already have a digital thermometer.

Thank you!

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-650431 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:53:34 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-650431 In reply to Angelo Pecora.

Hi Angelo,
Thank you. If you incorporate these tips one by one in your baking you will get good results we are sure.

Happy baking!

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By: Angelo Pecora https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-650405 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 22:54:04 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-650405 Excellent info!!! Novice here so much appreciated!

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-649940 Mon, 08 May 2017 08:43:07 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-649940 In reply to John.

Thank you John, for your kind words and additional information. It is a bit a play on the theme of course – Our 13 tips.

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By: John https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-649921 Tue, 02 May 2017 17:05:43 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-649921 I think that your interpretation is nearly right about a “bakers Dozen” but it is the weight and not the number that the “13th” was made

Grerat Site by the way, I have already made a Pain Natural and look forward to making many more of your breads etc.

Thank you very much, I only found your site by accident.

John

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-649854 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 17:42:15 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-649854 In reply to Kate.

Hi Kate,
Depending on the type of bread and the amount of moisture still present in the crumb, any bread will soften at some point. That is why baguettes for instance are baked several times a day in France. Moisture travels from the inside of the loaf to the crust and makes it go soft. If a bread contains (too) much moisture after baking and /or is put in a plastic bag still a bit warm for instance, the crust will definitely go soft quick. But overnight this will definitely happen to any bread, in fact it will already happen within hours. So the best thing to do is give your baked bread a quick turn in a moderate hot oven , 5 to 8 minutes and it will be crusty again.

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By: Kate https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-649820 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:13:25 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-649820 Hi!

I’ve always wondered what is the best way to store bread? I notice the crust seems to soften overnight when I store it in a plastic container. Any other ideas?

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By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-649596 Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:27:41 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-649596 In reply to carolien.

Hi Carolien,
Klinkt allemaal volgens het boekje. Insnijden en inzakken dat hebben wij ook. De oven is dus zeer waarschijnlijk de uitdaging. Er zijn wel wat tips die we kunnen geven. Het gaat om hitte en om voldoende stoom. Niet eenvoudig bij de gemiddelde (huishoud) oven. Het is heel belangrijk om de echte temperatuur van je oven te weten om te bepalen of deze wellicht hoger moet om de goede temperatuur voor het brood te halen. Veel ovens zakken ook direct veel in temperatuur als je ook maar even de deur opent (dus zeker niet doen!) De stoom in de oven krijgen en even houden is ook een uitdaging want veel ovens lekken de stoom er snel weer uit, dus je moet genoeg durven te gebruiken. Bakken op een steen in de oven zou kunnen helpen.
We hebben wat tips op een rij gezet die wellicht nog verder kunnen helpen (Engelstalig):
www.weekendbakery.com/posts…your-oven/

Hopelijk heb je er wat aan!

Groet,
Ed & Marieke
Weekend Bakers

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By: carolien https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/a-bakers-dozen-our-12-plus-1-best-baking-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-649567 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 15:27:58 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=16145#comment-649567 Gmiddag weekend bakery, s complimenten wat een fijne site.
vraag mijn starter en voordeeg doet het uitstekend.

Deeg was ook prima gerezen (pain naturel recept) maar als ik het keer en insnij zakt het behoorlijk uit krijg nog wel een lichte oven rijs maar niet zoals bij jullie.
gisteren gebakken in een dutch oven dan wordt het wel hoog maar moet toch ook op een steen lukken ?
Bloem van robert beckhoven gebruikt met hoog eiwitgehalte.
starter van roggemeel 4 weken oud inmiddels en verdriedubbeld in 2 uur dus lijkt mij prima.
wil eigelijk nog een betere ovenrijs brood zelf is luchtig en heel lekker

alvast dank voor jullie reactie

groet carolien v Gelderen

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