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yeast bread

Last post Apr 09, 2006 10:16 AM by gr_elo . 2 replies.


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    Posted: Apr 08, 2006 11:01 AM in Cooking Techniques
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    yeast bread
    I often bake bread and I have a recipe that I like to use. I usually have a problem dividing the dough so that the loaves are equal in size. Does anyone have advice or tips on how to do this?
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    Reply Posted: Apr 08, 2006 11:37 AM in Cooking Techniques
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    RE: yeast bread
    You can get an inexpensive scale, either at a cookery store or at someplace that has office supplies (postage scale). Cut the dough in what appears to be half, then weigh both pieces and make necessary adjustments (keeping in mind that it doesn't need to be exact).
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    Reply Posted: Apr 09, 2006 10:16 AM in Cooking Techniques
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    RE: yeast bread
    CClady gave some very good advice.
    I don't know what I would do without my scales, especially since I bake mostly from German recipes and in those everything must be weighed.
    Buy a scale that is calibrated for lbs and kilograms (and grams), often there recipes on here with the metric measures. Unless you know exactly how to convert you are lost.
    I bake 7 loaves of bread every two weeks (and sometimes more in-between).
    Years ago I bought a scale at a yard sale,it was just like new and weighs up to 25 lbs. This comes in handy when my friend and I buy in bulk and divide. I keep a special bowl for weighing bread, thebowl weighs 6 oz and whwn weighing dough I can deduct the 6 oz from thetotal weight.
    It is nice to have all loaves the same size.
    I can't even remember how many times I have posted on here telling how important it is to have a scale but appearently it does not help because the same questions keep coming up.
    An example: if a recipe called for this: how would anyone divide
    9 ounces of flour without a scale? Or you have a recipe in metric that calls for 175 grams of sugar?
    One can get inexpensive scales in many places (also on the web), just like CClady said.
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