i did about 2 weeks of stretch and folds before i realized my bread turned out a lot better if i just laid it on my counter and stretched it all the way out nice and flat. after that i fold it back up and let it bulk ferment. i rarely ever do more than that because that seems to build plenty of structure and strength. i love how mine turn out now. i had giant holes and tunnels in my bread when i was tied to my kitchen doing folds every 15-30 mins for 3 hours. work smarter not harder, they say! i don’t mess with it too much during bulk fermentation except for taking a probe temp and i’m not rough with it when i do my shape. just normal tension. i try to pop any big bubbles too. my last few loaves since doing that have been nice and soft and no longer dense and hard tunnel messes. i think people have really complicated sourdough baking since the internet made it popular. it should never be that in depth.
I think it's amazing how such a small amount of stretching can create so much strength in the dough. With yeasted bread you have to knead it for so long. I noticed you're using a glass bowl. It definitely makes coil folds easier. I've been using a plastic container and the dough picks the container up when i pick up the dough. 😂
i did about 2 weeks of stretch and folds before i realized my bread turned out a lot better if i just laid it on my counter and stretched it all the way out nice and flat. after that i fold it back up and let it bulk ferment. i rarely ever do more than that because that seems to build plenty of structure and strength. i love how mine turn out now. i had giant holes and tunnels in my bread when i was tied to my kitchen doing folds every 15-30 mins for 3 hours. work smarter not harder, they say!
i don’t mess with it too much during bulk fermentation except for taking a probe temp and i’m not rough with it when i do my shape. just normal tension. i try to pop any big bubbles too.
my last few loaves since doing that have been nice and soft and no longer dense and hard tunnel messes. i think people have really complicated sourdough baking since the internet made it popular. it should never be that in depth.
I think it's amazing how such a small amount of stretching can create so much strength in the dough. With yeasted bread you have to knead it for so long.
I noticed you're using a glass bowl. It definitely makes coil folds easier. I've been using a plastic container and the dough picks the container up when i pick up the dough. 😂
VERY helpful. 😊
That dough was not developed enough for coil folds. Should have done a couple sets of stretch and folds first 30 mins apart.
thanks for showing the steps most bread making videos just skip
Its just fucking bread
So?
And it's fuckin awesome ❤❤❤❤