Ben Benner’s Blog

I didn’t burn the bread, but I am still attempting to master the art of bread baking.

This last loaf, which I took out a few hours ago, stuck to the stone.

I believe that my problem is that I have not been putting enough cornmeal down. I bought some shakers at teh restaurant supply store in an effort to get more even spread of the cornmeal, vs just kidna shaking it out of a measuring cup.

This last time around, I was fairly certain that I had spread enough out, but the bread says otherwise.

I am going to put the next batch of dough into the freezer soon as it has almost been two hours.

I gave away my first loaf of bread to Jeremy and Nichole.

Jeremy has not tried it yet, but he said that Nichole has enjoyed it.

The majority of the next batch is destined for John, as he requested the regular Boule bread. After that is all baked, I am going to make a deli style rye, as I finally bought some carroway seeds. Thank you Central Market!!!

I want to give a quick shout-out to AustinTweetup.com, Jeremy and a couple of his Tweeps are organizing a an unofficial SXSWi party.

I need to get ready for bed.

Night!

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