Basic white with olive oil as fat and wash, thyme and rosemary seasoning, hint of garlic

Not perfect but I think there is value in posting failures. Might have been better with a butter wash

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demonquark@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

This is a failure? It might not be instagram ready, but it looks totally delish.

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I just think the spices could have been spread more evenly and there is a small burn on the bottom from the olive oil runoff. I ate that part. Kids loved the bread so maybe I am off base. They thought I was making pizza from the smell. One thing is the olive oil made it very crunchy which was nice.

Think a thick butter glaze would have been a better way. Butter on the olive oil + spices wash.

Honey instead of sugar will probably be my next attempt. Thinking heavy cream wash.

froge@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Be careful with honey the conversion is not one to one from sugar. Worth a try regardless

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I gave my standard recipe to chatgpt and recommended

1.25 tablespoons honey instead of 1.5 of sugar.

Reduce water for bulk fermination by about 1 tsp off my normal 3/4 cup

Cook at 350F instead of my normal 375F but stay with 40 minutes (carmalization avoiding).

Does this sound good? I truthfully don't know.

froge@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y

Honestly never baked with honey, but sounds right. Worst case it's a little sweet. I'm sure king Arthur baking has some info on it

froge@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

Egg wash will get you a deeper browning on top than butter

Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

maybe with also flake salt? Still looks good and hope you enjoyed it!

afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Thanks and we did. I like your idea for flake salt. What do you think maybe use butter as the fat, no salt added in the dough, then water wash with the salt?

Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

I would keep the recipe the same, but then maybe crank up the heat in the oven with a small pan in the bottom- place the dough inside and then a small amount of eater in the bottom to create a burst of steam (like baguettes is what I'm thinking of)