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Why is my bread dense?

 
Elegcho
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05/17/2021 11:50 AM
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Why is my bread dense?
Sifting dry ingredients. Water is warm, not hot.

Ratio:

Flour 100%
Water 60%
Salt 2%
Yeast 1%

Weigh all ingredients in grams.

Sometimes enriched with 6% butter or 3% sugar.

Sweeten the milk/water for yeast. Prooj yeast. It's alive and blossoms nicely.

Knead til smooth and not sticky but bounces back to the touch.

First proof 1.5 hours, doubles in size.

Punch dough lightly before shaping and second proof.

Uncovered second proof for 10 minutes

Bake at 375 until internal temperature is 195.

Why does one bun or loaf weigh as much as 2 should? It's decent flavor but so dense and heavy. I want fluffy and light..

Tips?
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05/17/2021 11:54 AM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


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05/17/2021 11:56 AM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Put some baking powder in it and leave it alone for an hour.
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05/17/2021 11:58 AM

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Re: Why is my bread dense?
use better flour.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


[link to www.womenshealthmag.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
use better flour.
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Was using cheap kind. Trying new loaf with more expensive nonbleached bread flour. Thanks
Shadow Dance

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05/17/2021 12:03 PM

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Re: Why is my bread dense?
I use organic flour now ... it is heavier but it doesn't have GMOs - so I just deal with it ... by adding a little baking powder
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05/17/2021 12:05 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Sifting dry ingredients. Water is warm, not hot.

Ratio:

Flour 100%
Water 60%
Salt 2%
Yeast 1%

Weigh all ingredients in grams.

Sometimes enriched with 6% butter or 3% sugar.

Sweeten the milk/water for yeast. Prooj yeast. It's alive and blossoms nicely.

Knead til smooth and not sticky but bounces back to the touch.

First proof 1.5 hours, doubles in size.

Punch dough lightly before shaping and second proof.

Uncovered second proof for 10 minutes

Bake at 375 until internal temperature is 195.

Why does one bun or loaf weigh as much as 2 should? It's decent flavor but so dense and heavy. I want fluffy and light..

Tips?
 Quoting: Elegcho 80314528

you cannot make homemade bread fluffy and light... because you don't have commercial dough conditioners. I grew up on homemade and I do NOT like "fluffy " bread. Sounds like your bread came out PERFECT.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
I use organic flour now ... it is heavier but it doesn't have GMOs - so I just deal with it ... by adding a little baking powder
 Quoting: Shadow Dance



Non-gmo is good.. I'm not being facetious.


What do you do about the millions of man-generated and encoded frequencies running through your cells 24/7?
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05/17/2021 12:06 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


[link to www.womenshealthmag.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


Oh, my bad! You know what they say, you see what you wanna see.

You sound angry, maybe you’re punching the dough to hard....just a thought.
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05/17/2021 12:07 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Sifting dry ingredients. Water is warm, not hot.

Ratio:

Flour 100%
Water 60%
Salt 2%
Yeast 1%

Weigh all ingredients in grams.

Sometimes enriched with 6% butter or 3% sugar.

Sweeten the milk/water for yeast. Prooj yeast. It's alive and blossoms nicely.

Knead til smooth and not sticky but bounces back to the touch.

First proof 1.5 hours, doubles in size.

Punch dough lightly before shaping and second proof.

Uncovered second proof for 10 minutes

Bake at 375 until internal temperature is 195.

Why does one bun or loaf weigh as much as 2 should? It's decent flavor but so dense and heavy. I want fluffy and light..

Tips?
 Quoting: Elegcho 80314528

you cannot make homemade bread fluffy and light... because you don't have commercial dough conditioners. I grew up on homemade and I do NOT like "fluffy " bread. Sounds like your bread came out PERFECT.
 Quoting: ALL IS ONE IS ALL


Well the thing is, it's never store quality. Which is fine. But a few times it's been light and the opposite of dense.

And I did make a starter for one of these times. Just like a sticky homemade flour and sugar starter but I agree with you to an extent.

Homemade stuff looks worse but tastes better.

I just feel like I'm over kneading or under kneading or something. First proof is amazing and potent. Second proof is like 1%
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05/17/2021 12:09 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


[link to www.womenshealthmag.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


Oh, my bad! You know what they say, you see what you wanna see.

You sound angry, maybe you’re punching the dough to hard....just a thought.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


No, in fact this is the one place where people like you are not only welcome but are handled.

So you're welcome.
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05/17/2021 12:10 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
I use organic flour now ... it is heavier but it doesn't have GMOs - so I just deal with it ... by adding a little baking powder
 Quoting: Shadow Dance



Non-gmo is good.. I'm not being facetious.


What do you do about the millions of man-generated and encoded frequencies running through your cells 24/7?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


you are supposed to have "man encoded" frequencies.. its call your body and your mind does the encoding.. this internet bullshit is internet bullshit.
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05/17/2021 12:13 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Why are you still eating bread?

Seriously, it's 2021 and you should know better by now

Don't get me wrong, love brrad personally but its poison
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05/17/2021 12:16 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Sifting dry ingredients. Water is warm, not hot.

Ratio:

Flour 100%
Water 60%
Salt 2%
Yeast 1%

Weigh all ingredients in grams.

Sometimes enriched with 6% butter or 3% sugar.

Sweeten the milk/water for yeast. Prooj yeast. It's alive and blossoms nicely.

Knead til smooth and not sticky but bounces back to the touch.

First proof 1.5 hours, doubles in size.

Punch dough lightly before shaping and second proof.

Uncovered second proof for 10 minutes

Bake at 375 until internal temperature is 195.

Why does one bun or loaf weigh as much as 2 should? It's decent flavor but so dense and heavy. I want fluffy and light..

Tips?
 Quoting: Elegcho 80314528

tty per 500 gr flour 200 ml lukewarm water and 7 grams dry yeast
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05/17/2021 12:18 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Why are you still eating bread?

Seriously, it's 2021 and you should know better by now

Don't get me wrong, love brrad personally but its poison
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05/17/2021 12:22 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Knead it a bit longer.
The best stories are told by the survivors.
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05/17/2021 12:23 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Bread Flours have more gluten.

It's also possible to add some gluten to your mix.

Don't proof your yeast.

Forget Butter/Milk. Use Water / vegetable oil.

Add
Water
Salt
Sugar [yeast reacts to it]
Vegetable Oil
Flour on top
Then make indentation in flour, place active dry yeast into indentation.

Then mix together.

The longer you allow the dough to rise the second time, the more airy the bread should be.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Why are you still eating bread?

Seriously, it's 2021 and you should know better by now

Don't get me wrong, love brrad personally but its poison
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76376495


depends on which wheat flour you buy and such.. and how its grown.. I can no longer eat wheat... so I Use other real and decent flours and always organic non GMO and whole grain. I use a fair amount of nut flours.. good for my diabetes... usually half nut and half grain. I have long used spelt and have no problems with it.. and I like several other grain flours which taste better than wheat actually.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Why are you still eating bread?

Seriously, it's 2021 and you should know better by now

Don't get me wrong, love brrad personally but its poison
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76376495


Good source of carbs. Tastes good. And you're a clown.
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05/17/2021 12:25 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
You need to knead your bread a lot. Let it raise in a warm location with a bread cloth. Punch it down and knead it a bunch again. Put it into the baking pan, and put it in a warm location with a bread cloth again. Do NOT put it in the oven until it raises a second time in its container. It should be 1.5-2x in size.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
I use organic flour now ... it is heavier but it doesn't have GMOs - so I just deal with it ... by adding a little baking powder
 Quoting: Shadow Dance



Non-gmo is good.. I'm not being facetious.


What do you do about the millions of man-generated and encoded frequencies running through your cells 24/7?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


you are supposed to have "man encoded" frequencies.. its call your body and your mind does the encoding.. this internet bullshit is internet bullshit.
 Quoting: ALL IS ONE IS ALL


I'm talking about the 180 million us houses with personal wifi. The 7000 disclosed satellites. The 5 billion cell phones. Antennas. Microwaves. Etc.

Why not eat protein-boosted cow meat if you're going to carry around a portable microwave in your pocket next to your balls.

Why get rid of your cell phone when there are 100,000 within your range 24/7 running 24/7

Seems counter intuitive
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05/17/2021 12:26 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Renew your yeast.
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05/17/2021 12:27 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
You need to knead your bread a lot. Let it raise in a warm location with a bread cloth. Punch it down and knead it a bunch again. Put it into the baking pan, and put it in a warm location with a bread cloth again. Do NOT put it in the oven until it raises a second time in its container. It should be 1.5-2x in size.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 34379757


I was under the impression not to knead after first proof.
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05/17/2021 12:28 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Renew your yeast.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12126924


I realize I'm the one asking how to do this better..

But it's not the yeast. I can see that this yeast is alive from inside it's container. Sounds weird, but you can't hide life.

Plus, it proofs. Wonderfully. Not sure what you mean by renew but if you mean replace, no. The yeast is great.
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05/17/2021 12:37 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Knead it a bit longer.
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That's what she said....
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05/17/2021 12:43 PM
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


[link to www.womenshealthmag.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


posts a question about cooking bread in a conspiracy site and gets all uppity when someone makes a joke.
you are dense!
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


[link to www.womenshealthmag.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


posts a question about cooking bread in a conspiracy site and gets all uppity when someone makes a joke.
you are dense!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29680514


1) a joke is funny
2) this is a community and instead of insulting everyone who responded helpfully, and just because you dont have any actual friends, doesn't make glp a bad place to acquire a multitude of skills and information.
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Re: Why is my bread dense?
Some women are just born with dense breasts


It’s ok.


Here. Read up.


[link to www.womenshealthmag.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79094687


Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


posts a question about cooking bread in a conspiracy site and gets all uppity when someone makes a joke.
you are dense!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29680514


1) a joke is funny
2) this is a community and instead of insulting everyone who responded helpfully, and just because you dont have any actual friends, doesn't make glp a bad place to acquire a multitude of skills and information.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


Jokes can get you killed
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Pardon you but this is a forum about bread and since you know that, kindly fuck off or get banned or worse.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


posts a question about cooking bread in a conspiracy site and gets all uppity when someone makes a joke.
you are dense!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29680514


1) a joke is funny
2) this is a community and instead of insulting everyone who responded helpfully, and just because you dont have any actual friends, doesn't make glp a bad place to acquire a multitude of skills and information.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


Jokes can get you killed
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528



And apparently, so can your shity ass bread.

Laugh
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posts a question about cooking bread in a conspiracy site and gets all uppity when someone makes a joke.
you are dense!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29680514


1) a joke is funny
2) this is a community and instead of insulting everyone who responded helpfully, and just because you dont have any actual friends, doesn't make glp a bad place to acquire a multitude of skills and information.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528


Jokes can get you killed
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80314528



And apparently, so can your shity ass bread.

Laugh
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 80013348


Touche





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