2023 Holidays: Ugly Bakes and Confectionary Failures

[Saregama]

Did you see my “this is gonna fail because I messed up every single step” bread?
I bet your bread is going to be just fine

What are you baking? Oct 2023

I baked a loaf of bread after ages. Was fully expecting it to fail because I decided to experiment with an untested mix of flours (3/4c AP, 1/2c WW, 1/4c spelt), and it did not look promising after the first rise. Decided to stick it in the fridge for a few days. Continued messing up by forgetting I had to do the folds right out of the fridge and then let it proof for a few hours (SE modified NKB)… but instead I let it come to room temp and rise for a couple of hours, then did some folds… only…