While proofing may be the most passive step in bread baking — you literally sit back and wait — it’s also one of the most crucial. Most people focus on the first rise, while the second proofing stage of knowing when to put the dough in the oven is where I see more mistakes being made.

Be willing to make mistakes and master the second proof for Happier baking!

Thanks for listening-Sheila McCann

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Strawberry season on the Central Coast of California means strawberry shortcake for dessert! These biscuits are semi-sweet and can be used for biscuits and gravy too.

· 2 cups all-purpose flour

· 2.5 teaspoons baking powder

· 1/2 teaspoon salt

· 5 Tablespoons butter or 1/4C plus 1T butter, frozen· . 3/4 cup buttermilk

· 3 Tablespoons honey

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Sheila McCann

To subscribe to this podcast, please go here. For more information about House of Bread, please visit www.houseofbread.com. To purchase the House of Bread recipe book, please visit https://houseofbread.com/recipe-book/ To take an on line class, please visit https://houseofbread.com/product-category/online-baking-class/ If you’d like more information about the franchise opportunity with House of Bread, please visit www.houseofbreadfranchise.com. For our Utube channel, please go here https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCXH5NgT8vpnAuSuZN5AxEQQ.

Next to flour of some type, salt is in all baking recipes. While extremely important, the type to get depends upon what type of baking you are doing. That being said, there is no reason to spend $12.95 on 15 oz of table salt unless you really like the jar.

Happy Baking,

Sheila McCann

Show Notes. In this episode, Sheila covers dough formations, how to knead and tell when you got to the good dough stage. Also, bread shaping tips, proofing dynamics, scoring cleanly, baking properly, bread cooling and slicing. To subscribe to this podcast go here. For more information about House of Bread, please visit www.houseofbread.com. To purchase the House of Bread recipe book, please visit https://houseofbread.com/recipe-book/ To take an on line class, please visit https://houseofbread.com/product-category/online-baking-class/ If you’d like more information about the franchise opportunity with House of Bread, please visit www.houseofbreadfranchise.com. For our Utube channel, please go here https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCXH5NgT8vpnAuSuZN5AxEQQ.