Elegantly Sweetly

01/10/2024

When your bread comes out with perfect crust *and* crumb, it’s worth a shot.

07/25/2023

Monday bakes for in-laws. Big bellies and rabbit ears.

07/24/2023

06/12/2023

There’s no filter needed for this loaf. The color is soft, gentle and the taste is👩🏻‍🍳😘 it’s a baby loaf, bcos although I’m a baker, the people in the house don’t really eat sweets or bread much. 😅

06/02/2023

The vessel you bake your bread in makes a difference. Both dough are same weigh and shaped in identical banneton. To save on electricity I put them in different Dutch oven to bake at the same time. The red Dutch oven is smaller, thus the bread came out rounder while the grey Dutch oven bread looks longer (thus slightly larger). Still beautiful breads. Tried new recipe this time with a different flour. Can’t say I like them. Still prefer bread flour.

05/09/2023

Caramelized onion sourdough.

It looks like a plain sourdough but when I was baking it, unknowingly my stomach rumbled.

I’m not much of an onion girl but it is not too heavy for me. Fragrant with caramelized onions but not overwhelming.

My hubby on the other hand loveS onions. He will ask for both caramelized *and* raw onions every time he has a burger from in-n-out. He paired it with some rotisserie chicken and salads, and he’s happy. Yay for me cos I don’t need to cook dinner tonight! 😉

04/02/2023

Appreciation post of my walnut cranberry sourdough baked today. Cos I’ve been craving some. 🥰

03/25/2023

Today test baked dark rye golden flax sourdough. Very European bread taste but the nuttiness of golden flax is nice.
Slightly overproofed but it’s okay. I’m still learning. 🥰

03/21/2023

It takes me 3 days to make a sourdough bread.
Day 1: grow my levain. Takes 24 hrs to build a healthy strong levain.
Day 2: make the breads - takes up to 8~12 hours. Today it took 10 hours. Sunset looks pretty on my babies. After this is cold re**rd in the fridge for 12~24 hours.
Day 3: Bake day! The day when my whole house is enveloped in natural perfume.
Sourdough is a process. It can’t be hurried. It’s made of natural wild yeast, dependent on the ambient temperature to flourish fast, or slowly.

And I am in no hurry to rush the process.

03/14/2023

Choc espresso cookies anyone?

03/07/2023

When the breads are baked and the whole house smells of fresh bread.