Food experiments from my little kitchen

Because my son and me simply love eating baguette, I spent time searching through Youtube videos and baking websites and decided to try the below recipe.  https://tasteofartisan.com/french-baguette-recipe/ This website is very informative and definitely helps a beginner like me to understand better on the various steps. In this recipe I followed to do stretch and fold rather than hand knead and it is really useful for me as I do not have a stand mixer. I am very happy with the result from this bake! The baguettes turned out to be softer and have a nicer flavour perhaps due to the honey added.  Ingredients 250g bread flour  1/2 tsp yeast  1 tsp salt  180g water  12.5g honey  Method 1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.  2. Add in honey and water then mix till it is fully combined. Rest for 15 mins. 3. Do stretch and fold every 30 mins for a total of 1.5 hours.  4. Transfer the dough to an oiled container and put in the fridge overni...

I attend a bread baking class using my skills future credit. It was such a great experience. I have only attempted bread couple of times and I must say it was not very successful. I learnt from the class that bread baking really requires time and patience.  One of the breads that I made in the class was baguettes and I really love eating baguettes. Sometimes I would get them from the local supermarket or bakery. But only from the class, did I realised freshly baked baguettes are the nicest!  In the class, time is of essence hence I was given bread improver to put in the baguette. At home, I skip the bread improver and reduce the yeast amount. My instructor taught me to let the dough rest overnight in fridge and ferment longer instead of using more yeast. My oven is Tefal Optimo 19L oven. It is relatively small hence my recipes are all catered for my oven.  Ingredients 250g bread flour  1/2 tsp salt  1 tsp yeast  170g water  Method 1. Mix all the dry in...