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The Iconic NYC breakfast sandwich

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Ideal feeding moment for starter, when?

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Perfectly executed Kaiser rolls.

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adding butter to bread dough

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This is going to be one huge Miche.

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Breadzik

Old rye baking book: no sourdough?

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old hippy

dough retard last proofing in fridge

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AndyI

Grain Mill

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Sounds like a totally...

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Moe C

URL

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Does the crumb feel wet? Is

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Moe C

Is this bread from in-store

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Yippee

It looks like stale bread

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Morning Buns...

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Try increasing the amount of

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on Costco Flour

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We have a 2 Costco stores

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on Costco Flour

Moe C

Those loaves belong to

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on Costco Flour

TMac

Nice loaves Moe

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on Costco Flour

TMac

Thanks

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tpassin

for grinding purposes it...

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on Costco Flour

Moe C

Sam's Club

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Detailaddict

I'll keep the bran for...

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Fibery stringy bread

Lighter, chewy cinnamon rolls

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Precaud

Material simulating a loaf load

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Moe C

Avatars

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for those desperately seeking a dutch oven

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adding potato to bread dough

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squattercity

the cost of a loaf of bread

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Best time to perform sourdough lamination (not...

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The best mixer in the world!

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Flash format video

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Is discussing yogurt making OK here?

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Mixing more water in after kneading...

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Problem with elasticity and holding shape

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Rye is extending bulk fermentation time.

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