Comments on: Common Baking Mistakes – Top 10 https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/ The place for the ambitious home baker Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:11:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-658071 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:58:43 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-658071 In reply to Stephen Smedlund.

Thank you Stephen, for sharing your experience. We found our baking improved a lot by making notes and also rating bakes. It all helps toward better results and even more important, good results makes you want to bake more 🙂

Enjoy your baking journey!

]]> By: Stephen Smedlund https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-658068 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:56:09 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-658068 Good tips. I love your website and have learned a lot. When making bread I make a habit of taking detailed notes each time I bake a loaf of sourdough bread. Afterwards I rate how it turned out and make notes as to what I may have done wrong and what to try the next time.

]]> By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-657883 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:24:16 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-657883 In reply to Luis.

Thank you for finding it useful Luis. Over the years we found that the most practical learning and acquiring of skills came from repeating a recipe over and over, making notes and just baking a lot.

Enjoy your baking!

]]> By: Luis https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-657874 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 01:26:06 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-657874 I’ll save and apply these tips to my next DIY baking. Thank you.

]]> By: Barbara Horn https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-657623 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 03:30:27 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-657623 Best flour to use I’m making sour dough bread. I’m a novice!
I have a starter I purchased, this is day 1. I’m excited but want to use best ingredients possible.
Regards
Barbara

]]> By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-657155 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:10:09 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-657155 In reply to Andrew Langham-Clarkson.

Thank you, it is fixed!

]]> By: Andrew Langham-Clarkson https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-657154 Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:09:56 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-657154 The link to handling dough doesnt work

]]> By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-654977 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:46:26 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-654977 In reply to Julia.

Hello Julia,
That is such excellent advice that every baker should take to heart. We shall enhance the ‘mistake’ text with it.
Thank you for sharing and wishing you many wonderful and rewarding bakes.

Greetings from Holland,
Ed & Marieke
WKB

]]> By: Julia https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-654944 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:24:28 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-654944 I would echo Joseph’s comment, but would also add that checking your yeast is still good doesn’t just mean reading the “best before” date on the packet. The packets of dried yeast I buy last for many months unopened and don’t have any advice about how long to keep once opened, but I’ve learned the hard way that it doesn’t work well after it’s been open for more than a few weeks. Now I buy small sachets so I can open a fresh one ever week or two. My mum had the same problem.

]]> By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-653821 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:38:59 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-653821 In reply to Joseph Falcone Sr..

Thank you for sharing Joseph, much appreciated.

]]> By: Joseph Falcone Sr. https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-653803 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 05:10:07 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-653803 Great Bread Tips. One more tip…
Check your yeast before you use it in a recipe. Make sure it hasn’t expired.
Do a yeast test to see if it OK.
It’s the fuel that makes your bread rise. Without good yeast your knowledge & hard work will be in vain.
Remember…BREAD MAKING IS AN ART FORM.
Joseph Falcone Sr.
Desert Hot Springs, CA. 92240. USA

]]> By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-653635 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:55:12 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-653635 In reply to joe s.

Thank you Joe, we truly feel passionate about these things, because we know from experience what a difference it makes to the end result!

Enjoy your baking

]]> By: Weekend Bakers https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-653634 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:53:37 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-653634 In reply to James Shanley.

We think all will be forgiven and there can still be some heavenly bread for you too!

]]> By: joe s https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-653611 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:56:42 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-653611 These are great tips. I cannot emphasize the importance of weighing your ingredients!!! And avoid recipes that give volumetric measurements … or convert to weight. There are websites that specialize in conversion.

Follow the same recipe and repeat, repeat, repeat until you get it right is also a great tip!! You will learn nothing about bread making by hopping from one recipe to another.

]]> By: James Shanley https://www.weekendbakery.com/posts/common-baking-mistakes-top-10/comment-page-1/#comment-653610 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:48:06 +0000 http://www.weekendbakery.com/?p=11958#comment-653610 Ouch! I’ve broken all 10 Commandments of Good Bread. Looks like its straight to Wonderbread Hell for me.

Oh, well. I’ll have lots of company.

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