Don't overthink it. I've never took the temp of water. Just the same temp you'd make a baby bottle.

My mistake was trying to follow the recipe.
When i made it with no thermometer or measyring spoons or cups it came out fine.

I usually just eyeball a recipe.

Bad thing is when people ask me or a recipe i cant give it to them cause i geusstimate everything.

I learned that from.my mamaw and other than this stupid bread recipe im a better than average cook, or at least thats what ive always been told

I have enjoyed making this bread. Now, I'm fixin to make a pullman style sandwich bread. Dang I love bread!

Just got these 2 ..800 gram sourdough balls into the proofing baskets. Now into the fridge for a 24 hour soak. Will bake these at 6 pm tomorrow.

That looks good Catch !

If you want bread recipes to come out consistently....you best be using a gram scale.

Thanks Nessie, it's fun ain't it! Also, yes, you are right about grams. If'in ya don't have a old timie recipe from kin, the modern ones are in grams. Proofing baskets, your gettin fancy!

I have a gram scale but i dony use it for weighing yeast.

I am satiafied with my last batch of bread. It rose and tasted great. All without meqsuring a thing.lol

A lot of times a recipe gets in the way of a good bread. I rarely measure anything either. There just a few things to remember.

• Yeast is a living thing.. Too cold it is dormant. Too hot it dies
• Sticky dough needs more flour
• Crumbly dough needs more liquid
• Let the dough rise to size...Not necessarily by a certain amount of time.

An excellent way to sum things up.

Good post T-Rex.