Breadmaking technique & information sites

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A picture is worth a thousand words, so.....

Here are some links to sites with photos demonstrating the windowpane test for

testing gluten development in bread baking:

http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2007/07/07/gluten/

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/tips-techniques/bakers-techniques-how-to-do-t\

he-windowpane-test-when-kneading-bread-070784

Here is a link to a page with a pretty good collection of " Breadmaking

Troubleshooting Tips "

http://www.sourdoughhome.com/trouble.html

You might also enjoy the tutorials at The Back Home Bakery:

http://thebackhomebakery.com/Tutorials.html

and finally, a link to inspiring and very helpful site " The Fresh Loaf " . Be

forewarned that you can lose many hours on this site.

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/

Hope these are useful to you. They certainly helped me sort out what was

happening with my breads.

Suzanna

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> Thank you so much Suzanna !!! In the beginning... I've kneaded the dough by

hand.. until I finally got my red Kitchenaid Artisan stand mixer (old classic

model- I think).. I don't know anything about gluten honestly.. except that

they sell some gluten free products in stores lol I set the timer on my stove

for 5 minutes (kneading time) and make sure my mixer is at the slowest setting.

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> It's true !! I thought all homemade bread was unstable !! Prone to breaking

apart lol I guess I'm wrong !! I'm happy that I'm wrong !! That means there's

still hope for my poor loaves !! lol

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> I've never heard of a windowpane test.. I just kept trying to make bread as

per the directions in my baking books.. until they finally came out edible lol I

just have to be delicate with them ! They feel sturdy when they come out of the

stove.. everything looks set.. I turn it over.. tap the bottom.. and it feels

hollow.. I set it on a rack to cool down (I learned that keeping it in the pan I

baked it in leaves it with a soggy bottom).. I'm just so happy I finally made

some decent loaves.. that I guess I settled for it being unstable.

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> I'm clueless !

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