I admit it, I'm stubborn...

I had attempted a whole wheat bread recipe from my friend Stacy's blog the other day, and it turned out horrid. It fell, it was a gooey wreck, and it tasted funny. Yes, I committed a baking cardinal sin and tried to improvise (sugar instead of honey or molasses), but regardless the bread was not going to turn out.

Currently I have a soaker and biga all made up and doing their thing. I added some vital wheat gluten to the flour in hopes that this will cure my falling problem. Though I do have one new problem and that is after I had my soaker going I realized my rice milk is vanilla rice milk. *head desk* Hopefully the molasses will offset this error of mine. Though in theory it should not impact the way the bread rises. *fingers crossed*

Stacy told me in no uncertain terms that measuring was not the way to go and that using a scale is the best route for baking. This is where my stubbornness comes in. I somewhat refused to believe this. I've baked just fine in the past with my measuring cups. So did my grandma for that matter.





I caved today. I snagged the scale at Target and came home and started up the soaker and did the biga after dinner. So far both have already turned out better than the last time around. I may end up bowing before Stacy and begging for forgiveness for my stubborn ways after I bake up the bread tomorrow. :P