A Little Sunday Baking

[Saber 4]

Made a couple of crusty bread loaves on Sunday afternoon, one plain and one with 1 1/2 cups of golden raisins, I forgot to add the cinnamon when I kneaded the dough but it turned out to be one of the best breads I've made. Recently I switched to using a flour from our local Mennonite bakery called "Occidental Unbleached A/P" it seems to be a finer grind and they said it was good for cakes as well. I don't know if the Occidental is the brand name or flour type because they buy in bulk and bag it in 5 lb batches. I also made sure my water was in the 120-130 degree temp range which I've never done before this gave me the best rising loaves I've had to date.

[RAD]

Nice looking loaves.

[ACW3]

Looking good!!

Art

[deb415611]

your bread looks awesome!  I'd love a slice of that

I  forgot to add the cinnamon when I kneaded the dough but it turned out to be one of the best breads I've made.

not sure if this is what the difference in your bread better but cinnamon can slow down the rising process, even stop it if too much is used, maybe it just rose better 

[Saber 4]

your bread looks awesome!  I'd love a slice of that

I  forgot to add the cinnamon when I kneaded the dough but it turned out to be one of the best breads I've made.

not sure if this is what the difference in your bread better but cinnamon can slow down the rising process, even stop it if too much is used, maybe it just rose better

Thanks, I have been waiting to add the cinnamon until after the rising is done and I'm kneading it. I think the right temp water, better flour and proofing in a cold oven are helping me get a better bread, but it's good to know the effect cinnamon can have on rising since I'm just learning all this baking stuff.

[Las Vegan Cajun]

Those loaves look great. 

[sparky]

Those loaves look great. 

they sure do.  outstanding.   

[smokendevo]

Good looking bread

[sliding_billy]

That looks delicious.

[HighOnSmoke]

Very nice looking loaves of bread Saber.

[muebe]

Yes those are some great looking loaves of bread!

[drholly]

Yes those are some great looking loaves of bread!

Yes, they are!