Can I bake?

So, it’s been over a year since I last say down to write anything. Lots has happened in the ole McColemanclan during that time.

We’ve added to our clan, and have welcomed a new baby girl, our oldest just graduated SK, and will be heading to Grade 1 in the fall, and the middle child, well… she is slowly adjusting to all the changes.

I’ve been off on parental leave now for about 10 week now. I’ve been having a lot of fun with my ladies, trying to figure out new and interesting things to do with the world being closed and our city asking us to be socially distant from other people.

While visiting with a friend a couple weeks ago he was telling me that he was making sour dough bread. For some reason this stuck with me, and I started to read about the process.

After a couple weeks of reading and asking people who I know bake, I decided to take the plunge. My first attempt I used regular old All Purpose Flour and well, you could see this visible difference between what I was doing and what I had seen on YouTube videos.

Then I found a video from an Irish baker named Patrick Ryan. He puts on a “Masterclass” in Sour Dough making and I watched it and was totally inspired.

Now, I’m going to try my hand an making bread outside my trusty bread maker.

Day 1

50g wholemeal flour

50g water