Sally success!

So on Friday, I left you with the dough rising from this...

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...to this!  It went right up to the top of the bowl but deflated a bit as I took off the shower cap.

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I plopped it out onto the floured bench...sprinkled with flour then just folded it in on itself a bit, left to right, top to bottom...

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I decided I'd make a loaf shaped in the cane banetton...

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...and the other half into 12 dinner rolls.

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They turned out great...

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The loaf was lovely and crunchy...

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I am having trouble with the dough getting stuck in the floured banetton so the top had a very rustic, I got stuck look to it!

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When I cut it, it had a nice crumb to it, quite coarse.  They say each loaf will be different so I will experiment with more kneading and less...

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It toasts up beautifully and I enjoyed it with butter and Vegemite.  So much for trying to cut down on bread consumption...

 

All in all, I'm pretty pleased with it!  :)

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Next time I might halve the recipe to 150gms starter to 500gms flour as I probably don't need to make both loaf and rolls each time. We are empty nesters, after all!

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Cheers - Joolz xx