Thanks Bill Schultz!

[JimK]

Thanks to Bill, I recently got Ken Forkish's "Flour, Water, Salt, Yeast". Made my first batch tonight and I like where it is taking me. No grills involved - despite multiple shovelings, I couldn't keep up with this blizzard. Almost 3 feet of snow here in the last 24 hours. But we have warm, fresh bread.

First loaf, going by the book. This is the Saturday White Bread.





Ken's recipes make two loaves. But I only have one round proofing basket and one DO. So for the second one, I put it in a baguette shaped basket and cooked it on a pizza stone. Slightly lower temp and no steam, but it still turned out well.



Made some meat sauce and pasta, and served it with that. Maybe I'll get back to outdoor cooking tomorrow.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Great looking bread and plate Jim. Nicely done.

 

[Bill Schultz]

Fantastic Jim, just beautiful. You are on your way my friend

 

[ChuckO]

Jim, Bill is tough trail, but you are on it. Congrats!

 

[James N]

That's some fine looking bread Jim.

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

Awesome job on the bread Jim, looks like we need a bread only section.....lol..... starting to see some great bread masters on here

 

[JRAiona]

Great looking bread Jim.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Wow, Very nice first shot Jim. Just got my copy of "flour, water, salt, yeast" yesterday. Going to start today, actually with the same loaf you did. Hope mine comes out as nice as yours did.
Bill has helped me a lot along with Len and Cliff. Don't think I'll ever get to the perfection level they have but if I can make some decent loafs I'll be a happy camper.
Stay safe in that nasty weather.

 

[Barb D]

Fantastic job Jim, you nailed that one for sure. I like the idea of the baguette shaped basket and pizza stone, have to try that one.
Stay safe and warm in that weather you are having. Enjoy more bread!!

 

[Bob Correll]

You guys are killing we with all that fine looking bread!
Looks like you're well on your way to becoming a bread master Jim!

 

[russ olin]

Very nice looking bread. Stay safe & stay warm in the crazy weather you have out there.