Comments on: Apple-Walnut Sourdough http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/ Notes from my kitchen, in which I bake bread and raise a few other matters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: katre http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-16226 katre Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:03:52 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-16226 Hi Susan! I made this bread, and it is amazing!! At first I was a bit worried because the amount of nuts and apples seemed too big and it was quite hard to incorporate all of them into the dough. But I really like the end result! The only change I made was to replace some of water with the cider I used for soaking the apples (and I used dry cider). I have been following your blog for quite a long time but it is the first time to try a recipe. Thank You! Hi Susan!
I made this bread, and it is amazing!! At first I was a bit worried because the amount of nuts and apples seemed too big and it was quite hard to incorporate all of them into the dough. But I really like the end result!
The only change I made was to replace some of water with the cider I used for soaking the apples (and I used dry cider).
I have been following your blog for quite a long time but it is the first time to try a recipe. Thank You!

]]> By: Vesna http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-14234 Vesna Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:13:43 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-14234 Hi Susan, First, let me tell you this: “love, love your work”. I’ve been searching through your website for a few months and have learned a lot from you. You are truly an inspiration to a bread lover. All the recipes are fantastic and your blog has been a great help for my own baking endeavors. I have made this bread so many times and enjoyed it over, and over, and over. It turns out great every time! We love how apples and walnuts contribute to the texture and flavor. I did some modification, though. Since I did not have dried apples I used fresh one Granny Smith that I chopped into small pieces (185 grams). Lower the amount of walnuts to 100 grams and instead of buckwheat flour (that I did not have) used bread flour. So it was: 450 g flour, 110 g whole rye flour. I do not have a mixer so I kneaded the dough with hands. After mixing flour, starter, water and salt I used this technique by Bertinet for gluten development (http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/video/2008/03/bertinet_sweetdough). After that I incorporated chopped apple and walnuts. My baking time was shorter than yours. Those were the changes. Other than that I pretty much followed your recipes. I baked the bread in preheated cast iron pan since I still do not have a stone. Here are the pictures of my bread. http://img59.imageshack.us/i/applewalnutsourdough001.jpg/ http://img442.imageshack.us/i/applewalnutsourdoughbre.jpg/ http://img442.imageshack.us/i/applewalnutsourdoughbrek.jpg/ Thanks you a ton for all this beautiful recipes and ideas. ! Vesna Hi Susan,
First, let me tell you this: “love, love your work”. I’ve been searching through your website for a few months and have learned a lot from you. You are truly an inspiration to a bread lover. All the recipes are fantastic and your blog has been a great help for my own baking endeavors. I have made this bread so many times and enjoyed it over, and over, and over. It turns out great every time! We love how apples and walnuts contribute to the texture and flavor.
I did some modification, though. Since I did not have dried apples I used fresh one Granny Smith that I chopped into small pieces (185 grams). Lower the amount of walnuts to 100 grams and instead of buckwheat flour (that I did not have) used bread flour. So it was: 450 g flour, 110 g whole rye flour. I do not have a mixer so I kneaded the dough with hands. After mixing flour, starter, water and salt I used this technique by Bertinet for gluten development (http://www.gourmet.com/magazine/video/2008/03/bertinet_sweetdough). After that I incorporated chopped apple and walnuts. My baking time was shorter than yours. Those were the changes. Other than that I pretty much followed your recipes. I baked the bread in preheated cast iron pan since I still do not have a stone.
Here are the pictures of my bread.
http://img59.imageshack.us/i/applewalnutsourdough001.jpg/
http://img442.imageshack.us/i/applewalnutsourdoughbre.jpg/
http://img442.imageshack.us/i/applewalnutsourdoughbrek.jpg/

Thanks you a ton for all this beautiful recipes and ideas. !
Vesna

]]> By: Susan http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-13734 Susan Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:49:58 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-13734 Linh, you can refrigerate it overnight. I would try putting it in the refrigerator after about 1 hour and 15 minutes of proofing at room temperature, and see how that works. Linh, you can refrigerate it overnight. I would try putting it in the refrigerator after about 1 hour and 15 minutes of proofing at room temperature, and see how that works.

]]> By: Linh http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-13726 Linh Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:42:07 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-13726 Hi Susan, Great website. Is it okay to refrigerate this dough overnight like the Norwich Sourdough? I made that yesterday and it turned out great! Wooooo Hi Susan,

Great website. Is it okay to refrigerate this dough overnight like the Norwich Sourdough? I made that yesterday and it turned out great! Wooooo

]]> By: Joe http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-11752 Joe Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:51 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-11752 Hi Susan, I've been following your website for quite awhile but haven't previously commented. Your recipes are fantastic and your blog has been a great help and inspiration for my own baking endeavors. I just wanted to let you know that I made your Apple Walnut Sourdough bread yesterday and blogged about it. It turned out great! Thanks so much! Hi Susan,
I’ve been following your website for quite awhile but haven’t previously commented. Your recipes are fantastic and your blog has been a great help and inspiration for my own baking endeavors. I just wanted to let you know that I made your Apple Walnut Sourdough bread yesterday and blogged about it. It turned out great!
Thanks so much!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-7945 Leslie Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:13:11 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-7945 hm images didn't show, maybe this doesn't do html... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/Weile/misc/IMG_3577.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/Weile/misc/IMG_3569.jpg hm images didn’t show, maybe this doesn’t do html…

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]]> By: Leslie http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-7944 Leslie Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:12:02 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-7944 Hi, I just wanted to show you what happened. This was really encouraging! I'm going to try some of your other breads. I think your tastes line up fairly well with mine. I have my eye on the cider rye for the next try... As you can see I screwed up the shaping and sort of overbaked them, but there wasn't much noticeable effect in the taste or crumb. Anyway though, I learned a lot from this loaf, and it was the first time I made a really satisfying bread. I'm still way new at bread baking so I don't have a very good average as far as good turnout goes. In fact, this morning I let a loaf overrise so it had no oven spring. I didn't realize it until the oven was preheating and the dough was just beginning to wilt, and though I sorta hoped it might still be saved I KNEW that it had passed its rising prime. The flavor's bland too! Perhaps I did not feed the sourdough enough acidic elements. Ahhhhhh... oh well! I can always make it into crostini or croutons or bread pudding, ha! Hi,
I just wanted to show you what happened. This was really encouraging! I’m going to try some of your other breads. I think your tastes line up fairly well with mine. I have my eye on the cider rye for the next try…

As you can see I screwed up the shaping and sort of overbaked them, but there wasn’t much noticeable effect in the taste or crumb. Anyway though, I learned a lot from this loaf, and it was the first time I made a really satisfying bread. I’m still way new at bread baking so I don’t have a very good average as far as good turnout goes. In fact, this morning I let a loaf overrise so it had no oven spring. I didn’t realize it until the oven was preheating and the dough was just beginning to wilt, and though I sorta hoped it might still be saved I KNEW that it had passed its rising prime. The flavor’s bland too! Perhaps I did not feed the sourdough enough acidic elements. Ahhhhhh… oh well! I can always make it into crostini or croutons or bread pudding, ha!

]]> By: Leslie http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-7909 Leslie Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-7909 I am going now to the store for apple cider and dried apples. I'm going to use toasted pumpkin/sunflower seeds instead of walnuts, and my starter is a month-old white/wheat/rye mongrel--and I am, uh, VERY NOVICE--but if I produce bread that looks anything like your image above it will make my day. I am going now to the store for apple cider and dried apples. I’m going to use toasted pumpkin/sunflower seeds instead of walnuts, and my starter is a month-old white/wheat/rye mongrel–and I am, uh, VERY NOVICE–but if I produce bread that looks anything like your image above it will make my day.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Elizabeth Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:57:21 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-4927 Your blog is fantastic! I maintain a sourdough starter and have made many breads from Silverton's bread book but I have had trouble finding recipes that require little to no modification to use my starter with. Your site has changed all that for me. I made a bastardized version of your apple-walnut loaf by using apple cider instead of water for the liquid in the dough and omitting the apples and walnuts because I didn't have any. The point is that you inspired me and the bread was delicious! Thanks so much. Your blog is fantastic! I maintain a sourdough starter and have made many breads from Silverton’s bread book but I have had trouble finding recipes that require little to no modification to use my starter with. Your site has changed all that for me.
I made a bastardized version of your apple-walnut loaf by using apple cider instead of water for the liquid in the dough and omitting the apples and walnuts because I didn’t have any.
The point is that you inspired me and the bread was delicious! Thanks so much.

]]> By: Bart http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/comment-page-1/#comment-2901 Bart Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:51:25 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/03/10/apple-walnut-sourdough/#comment-2901 Looks D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S Susan! Love the pic too! Bart Looks D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S Susan! Love the pic too!
Bart

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