A couple weeks ago I decided to try and make some pan de muerto. I have been making my own bread for a couple years now and I'm pretty confident when it comes to sourdough bread, but I haven't used yeast for the longest time and haven't made sweet bread or things like that.
This bread making session started bad... I went to get my groceries and forgot to buy the flour... I had to go to a tiendita to get some. Then I forgot to proof the yeast and after preparing the dough it never raised... I tried saving it with some sourdough starter, but I didn't have much, so I had to feed it and use it prematurely. I left my bread rising over night with the premature sourdough and it barely raised.
I thought it wasn't going to work... so I just left it there since I had plans to go out hiking again. My plan was to be back at around 12pm, but it was a longer hike and got back at around 4pm, lol. Well, the damn thing raised... I was prepared to try and salvage it by making something like some short bread or cookies or whatever could be done with it.
I prepared it and left it to raise a couple hours more and at night I baked it... it came pretty good for all the errors I made... hell, it came better than I expected even if I didn't screw up, lol. Next week I think I'll try making some more for some friends.
All in all, I think I'm pretty decent bread maker and luckily I have never had complains... except from the mom of a friend that left the bread outside and got way too hard, lol
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| Delicious pan de muerto |
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| Some of my latest sourdough bread I made |
Nice! Looks great! Yeast bread is easy, especially compared with sourdough. I lack discipline for sourdough. But I try, right now I'm trying to revive some old starter, hoping to be able to make some bread later in the week. 🤞🏼
ReplyDeleteThose look amazing! Home made bread is so good! The whole house smells great haha and yeah, sometimes the rising is tricky. But you can always make something else with the same "failed" dough if it doesn't come out right.
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