Bake Better Bread

Discover my breadmaking tips, techniques and recipes to help you make better bread every time. I use these techniques in my classes.

Trialling 3 doughs

Bake Better Bread: How to choose a wheat flour

Heritage Wheats are coming to a bakery near you Can you imagine going to your …
Barley Bread

Bake Better Bread: Why you should scald flour

Scalding Flour Back in 2019 I participated in the Kneading Conference in Skowhegan Maine as …
Our bread needs salt

Bake Better Bread: Salt

Is salt important in breadmaking? Yes! Salt Awareness Week suggest we should reduce the amount …
Sliced Japanese Milk Bread

Japanese Milk Bread. Yudane vs Tangzhong

For a light fluffy bread, Tangzhong and Yudane really work Tangzhong and Yudane are techniques …
Cottage loves

Bake Better Bread: Not everything you read about making bread is true

Bread recipes are not always right What exactly are cookery book writers telling you in …
YQ Flour Loaf

Bake Better Bread: Choosing and buying bread flour

Where to buy bread flour If you are buying bread flour, where do you source …
Tins, rolling pin and refractory stone

Bake Better Bread: equipment essentials

What bread making equipment do you need to make great bread? Once you start making …
Couronne made with French flour

Bake Better Bread: French Flour

Why Choose French Flour? For an authentic French loaf whether it is a baguette, pain …
Bread Proving on Couche

Bake Better Bread: Pre ferment – Pâte fermentée

Why use a pre-ferment? Baker’s used to use old dough. Nowadays it’s Pâte fermentée Using …
Bread in Rofco

Bake Better Bread: Baking in the Rofco

Successfully baking bread in the Rofco oven It’s quite a shock when you start baking …
Baker's Percentages

Bake Better Bread: Baker’s Percentages

Baker’s Percentages will make your bread consistent When I first learnt about Baker’s percentages (sometimes …
Bread Baked in Cast Iron Pan

Bake Better Bread: Using heat and steam

Use heat and steam to improve your bread If you’ve taken time over your bread …
Fresh yeast is sold in cubes or blocks

Bake better bread: Fresh Yeast

How to use fresh yeast What yeast do you use in your bread? Do you …
Why water temperature is so important when making bread

Bake Better Bread: Temperature

Why dough temperature is so important Do you think about water temperature you add to …
Nothing beats fresh bread

Bake Better Bread: Autolyse

Autolyse (Pre soak) I learnt to bake professionally in France and I use the techniques …
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