(Originally Published on March 2, 2016 by Trevor Wilson) Be sure to check out the pictures and additional instructions below! There’s this myth out there that the only way to get a light airy open crumb is to make a high hydration dough. A wet dough. And it’s this wet dough that will give you all the openness…
(Originally Published on February 26, 2016 by Trevor Wilson) The world of bread baking is a confusing place. At least, it is for those new to it. It should be simple, you’d think, because you have all these famous bakers telling you how to make bread; and clearly, each knows what they’re doing . . . they’re…
(Originally Published February 22, 2016 by Trevor Wilson) (Update: I now call this method of mixing the “Rubaud Method” because I learned it from the great baker Gerard Rubaud. He deserves the credit for this technique, not me.) How to mix high hydration dough? It’s a question that plagues many home bakers (and more than a few…
(Originally Published on December 10, 2015 by Trevor Wilson) Today I’m going to show you how to create silky smooth and fully developed dough without the need to knead. This post is mostly pictorial, but I’ll include additional written instructions for further clarification of this method. Just click on any picture to see it as a full size…
(Origianally Published on August 21, 2015 by Trevor Wilson) This is a long article, so before we begin let me make it clear – this is NOT a “how to” article. I won’t be detailing various shaping methods, or demonstrating proper dough handling technique. This is not another tutorial on how to shape a loaf. No. This…
(Originally Published on August 21, 2015 by Trevor Wilson) I often wonder what makes the great so great — why one continues to excel where others plateau. For this discussion I’ll be using the example of master bakers, but the idea of mastery speaks to excellence in all fields and endeavors. Every Master, no matter their area of…
(Originally Published on August 21, 2015 by Trevor Wilson) Bread is good. Forget about gluten for a moment. Forget about carbs. This isn’t a discussion about whether bread is healthy or not. I’m simply talking about the joy of eating good bread. Because it is a joy. In all its forms, bread is a wondrous thing. And even better…
(Originally posted on August 21, 2015) Ever had one of those moments? You know, those moments that seem so insignificant at the time, but that somehow get stuck in your brain for life. And the older you get, the more and more you find yourself reminiscing about ‘em. Until one day they become cherished memory….
Posted on August 30, 2022 by Trevor (Originally Posted at Breadwerx on August 21, 2015 by Trevor Wilson, 11 Comments) 100% Whole Grain “Multigrain” from O Bread So why another bread blog? Surely the internet must be saturated with them by now. With so many great blogs and books already out there, is there really anything left to be said? Anything left…