Tangzhong: How a Flour Paste Makes Softer Bread
Cook a little flour with milk or water into a paste, add it to the dough, and soft bread stays tender and…
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Bread & Pizza Dough
How to Divide and Scale Dough for Dinner Rolls
Weigh the whole dough, divide by the number of rolls and scale the recipe when you need more or fewer, because evenly…
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Poolish and Biga: Preferments for Yeasted Bread
A poolish is wet and a biga is stiff, but both use time and a tiny pinch of yeast to give everyday…
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What Size Dough Ball for a 10, 12 or 14 Inch Pizza?
Dough ball weights for 10, 12 and 14 inch pizzas, thin to thick, plus the simple area rule behind them so you…
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Mixing Bread Dough in a Stand Mixer: Speeds, Times and Heat
Low speeds, a few minutes per stage and cooler water are the keys to mixing bread dough by machine without overheating it…
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How to Freeze Bread Dough and Pizza Dough Balls
When to freeze pizza dough balls and bread dough, how to wrap them, how long they stay at their best, and how…
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Why Is My Yeast Bread Not Rising?
Old yeast, hot water, a cold kitchen or a slip in conversion: how to find out why a yeasted dough is sitting…
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Sourdough Pizza Dough: Using Your Starter Instead of Yeast
Replace the yeast with ripe starter, take out the flour and water it carries, then build a same-day or cold schedule around…
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Seeds, Cheese and Olives in Bread: How Much to Add and When
Add-in amounts as a percentage of the flour, plus how to prepare seeds, olives and cheese and the right moment to work…
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Enriched Doughs Explained: Milk, Butter, Eggs and Sugar
What milk, butter, eggs and sugar each do to bread dough, how much of each to expect from soft rolls to brioche,…
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