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dianagreen•1d ago

Unpopular opinion: my bread got better once I quit kneading it to death

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bethj44•1d ago

Hit 500 loaves on my starter and the 500th one cracked wide open

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sethmartinez•1d ago

Pro tip: a guy at the Portland bakery supply counter said to skip the bench scraper and just use my palm

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gibson.robert•1d ago

A retired baker in Tulsa showed me the windowpane test last month and my dough has never looked better

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robert_roberts•5d ago

Thought cake strips were internet nonsense until my 8 inch layers came out flat in Denver

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fiona_clark•6d ago

Serious question, my old boss in Bend told me to weigh flour straight from the bag and now nothing rises

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michael807•9d ago

Unpopular opinion: weighing your flour is worth the $12 scale, and my buddy's grandma proved it

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kevin218•9d ago

Swore by my metal bench scraper for 8 years until my neighbor in Tulsa handed me a plastic one

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tyler_fox41•12d ago

I proofed dough by eye for 12 years until a $9 thermometer showed me I was way off

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mason_flores21•15d ago

Spent 3 hours chasing why my sourdough kept sticking, turned out to be one dumb thing

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hollym82•16d ago

My grandma's pie crust hack sounded lazy until I watched her do it at Thanksgiving

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olivia_perry•18d ago

Shoutout to the bakery down in Davis that let me watch their lamination for 20 minutes

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cooper.paige•21d ago

Found out I was packing my brown sugar wrong for 3 years and I want to scream

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kelly968•22d ago

PSA: a judge at the county fair told me my sourdough was 20 seconds overproofed, and now I time it with a stopwatch

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hollym82•23d ago

PSA: check your oven door thermometer before you blame your starter

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