Bread .......any kind

Haven't tried that either - sounds like a good place to start, especially since you can freeze it.

I guess it is time to level up my baking a bit.

 

Funny you guys are talking about starters.

Just took mine out to feed it; going on a few months now -

 

Yup. Big pictures, but they have bread and AP flour.

My local store (on the website) is saying:

Walmart bread flour 5lb 3.86$
Walmart AP flour 5lb 2.24$
Target AP Unbleached 5lb 2.39$
KA AP 5lb 5.24$ (for reference)

I think the walmart ones can come in larger bags too, the target at least for me I only see the 5lb bags.

And now that we're talking flour I think I actually need to restock, I think I'm low for making some focaccia this weekend :|

 

interesting. I might have to try that. Needs about as much "warning" as using a sourdough starter, but way less hassle. But my starter is almost a year old!

Good lord - what's the scale here? How much do you have? When I feed mine it's 50g each starter/flour/water and then if I'm going to need a lot more I feed it strong.

Also I keep discards in a jar with some 1:1 mix flour water for a couple days sometimes if I'm going to need a bunch.

 

I just discard a large portion; no real science to it...just watch it every other day.

I feed it with 1 1/2 cups of AP flour and 1 cup of cold water about once a week or a little longer.

Make sure to sift the flour so you can mix well and thoroughly.

Then leave it out for 4-5 hours to ferment at room temp before tossing it back in the fridge fully covered.

 

Holy crap that's so much flour

 

Gonna have to look out for the Walmart bread flour - my Walmart has a bait selection of flour that has been poorly stocked for at least a year now..

The KA bread flour is 5.25 - it used to be 4.25, which was tolerable but has crept up in the past year. Sometimes I think about getting the 25# bag of bread flour at Costco bc it is comparable to the Walmart price.

I should do some price comparisons before I need more.

 

For me 50% of it is the costs - I can make a loaf pan of sandwich bread for cheaper than buying it. And/or -I just enjoy making bread. KA vs. Walmart I taste no difference in the breads, so why spend for the KA?

Don't get me wrong, KA is great - employee owned, their store in VT is really cool, etc - but they grow their flour in the same fields as walmart more than 2x the cost just isn't there for me. I stop at their store whenever I pass through.

 

My sourdough that I make with my trusty starter named Motherfluffer.

 

It's plenty cheap anyway, and keeps my starter happy.

Can smell the beautiful aroma the second it comes out the fridge and I pop off the lid.

 

Mine is Mr. Potato Bread

 

I really only care about the end product and if I can't taste the difference, why am I paying the difference?
Especially these days when groceries have gotten all kinds of crazy expensive -

 

Because fuck Walmart.

 

Fuck I'm exhausted.

40 in the tupperware, 20 in the oven, a handful on a cooling rack, dough for another 20 proofing in the stainless steel bowl, and dough for another 20 in the mixer.

 

I look forward to your posts. I can always count on you for pics of soft buns. Amazing work!

 

Kind words!

But I've been posting stuff in another thread (non-breads)

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/sweet-thread-patisserie.792358/

 

I don't like walmart in general and every time I have bought walmart brand food items they have been noticeably sub/par.
That being said, I am willing to try the bread flour as a test; who knows maybe it works out -

Also . . Walmart is the 'closest' store to my house @ 12 miles away - so the lack of options often forces my hand and I wind up there.

 

Those look so good!!

But I bet you are exhausted - rolling all them buns is time consuming

 

Sliders?

 

No measure sourdough boule. 48 hour cold ferment. I just took it out of the oven.