{"id":1165,"date":"2014-03-17T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2014-03-17T08:49:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T15:49:21","slug":"abject-failure-and-banana-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/abject-failure-and-banana-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Abject failure and banana bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been keeping up my baking posts! My new hobby hasn’t gone away. Here are some of my recent adventures in baking:<\/p>\n

I had a bad run of underdone breads. I was trying wheat breads, and lower temperatures, and it just wasn’t working out. You can see how heavy this one is.<\/p>\n

\"Loaf14\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And another bust – check out the doughy center of this loaf. It was barely edible. I took a break from baking after this.<\/p>\n

\"Loaf15\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Loaf15crumb\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, while house-bound on a particularly slow Saturday, I decided to go back to crispy white breads and try again. I mixed a large batch of dough with good bread flour, a little extra salt, and some olive oil, agave, and rosemary. I gave it plenty of time to rise. I determined to bake at 450\u00b0 again. Unfortunately it flattened during the final rise and got folded on the way into the oven, and turned out looking like a giant croissant:<\/p>\n

\"Loaf16\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Silly shape aside, this was by far the best bread I’ve made! It had a crispy crust and a perfect bubbly crumb. The rosemary and salt helped create a nice robust flavor. I was glad it was a large loaf, it was a staple in our house for a couple of days. I’m also learning that a teaspoon of oil in your dough goes a really long way as a preservative.<\/p>\n

The rosemary-mega-croissant was baked on a new baking stone my wife ordered. She also got a stoneware loaf pan for me to try, so I tried a white bread in the loaf pan. It was okay – a little like a fluffy salt cracker. I’ll probably use this pan next time I try wheat bread, since it can take a wet dough and might bake through better.<\/p>\n

\"Loaf17\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I also made a perfect<\/em> vegan chocolate chip banana bread in my new loaf pan. Maybe it… disappeared… before I could reach the camera. I wish I had taken before-and-after photos though. As batter the pan was only half-full, but it rose so well that it blossomed over the top.<\/p>\n

I do feel my intuition improving. I didn’t use a recipe for any of these breads, except for the banana bread where I cherry-picked ingredients from two different recipes. Next I’ll either make the banana bread again, or try to recreate the rosemary bread. It’s a pleasant rainy day in Seattle – I think I need to make some good soups to go with these breads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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