Bread from Scratch - Front Porch Forum

More and more people would like to learn crafts that can be useful and later passed on to their children and grandchildren. There's lots of interest in bread baking from scratch with ingredients that you always have in your kitchen: flour, salt, dry yeast and water. The smell of homemade bread is very inviting and warming to your family, and you can learn how to surprise your close ones and friends with your tasty loaf.

This workshop given by Rise Up Bakery chef baker Jim Haas will be a good source of knowledge for both amateur and aspiring bakers

What you will learn:

- Bread overview

- Flours, and how they differ

- Yeasted vs sourdough bread

- Bakers's math

- Making simple "straight dough" breads

- Kneading technique

- Forming techniques: pre-shaping, bench rest, final form

- Scoring (slashing) loaves: how and why

- Equipment/accessories needed for home bread baking

- Storing