Baking Skills
Divide soft dough with a bench scraper before reaching for more flour
Portion sticky bread dough with a bench scraper while preserving its intended texture, and learn when extra flour actually helps.
THE HOME BAKING NOTEBOOK
bread dough
Baking Skills
Baker’s Percentages Make Flour the Starting Point, Not the Total
Learn baker’s percentages with a small dough example, then scale flour, water and other ingredients without confusing hydration with total dough weight.
Bread Workshop
Tangzhong Bread Starts With a Small Cooked Portion of Flour
See what a cooked flour paste changes in bread dough and how to make a useful first tangzhong bake without guessing at a recipe conversion.
Bread skills
Instant or Active Dry Yeast? Read the Packet Before Mixing Bread
Choose yeast by the recipe and packet instructions, then watch the dough. Understand why instant and active dry yeast can need different handling.
Bread skills
Is the Dough Ready? Read the Final Rise Before Baking
Bread dough follows its own timetable. Learn how to combine the recipe’s rise cues, a gentle touch and kitchen conditions before baking.