Home bread baking
Keep the first dough simple
Use one recipe with measured flour, water, salt and leavening. Note room temperature and timing. Changing flour, hydration and fermentation all at once makes the result hard to understand.
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Home bread baking
Read the dough
Look for changes in volume, texture and elasticity rather than following the clock alone. Handle the dough consistently and allow enough resting time. A photograph at each stage can help compare batches.
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Improve one variable
If the loaf is dense, change one likely factor next time and keep the rest stable. Record the result. Good bread comes from a series of small observations, not a single perfect formula.
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