Baking 110. Day 13

Today we baked chocolate sourdough, soft pretzels, and cookie bread. The chocolate sourdough was my favorite! It was great. It reminded me of my mom's biscuits with chocolate gravy. yummy =)

chocolate sourdough rolls. cookie bread roll.

cinnamon sugar pretzel.

Cookie Bread.

For the sweet dough-

Milk 1/2 cup

yeast 2 t.

All purpose Fl. 14 oz

Eggs 3 ea.

Salt 1.5 t

Sugar 2.5 oz

Butter 4 oz.

Mixing.

Scald milk. let cool to 105 degrees. Add yeast.

Mix together flour, milk/yeast, eggs until combined. Let rest for 15 minutes.

Add salt, mix on speed 1 for 3 minutes.

Add sugar in 2 stages.

Add butter in 2 stages.

Let dough rest in refrigerator overnight.

For cookie dough.

Butter 2.1 oz

Sugar 2.1 oz

Egg yolk 2 ea.

All purpose Fl. 4 oz

Mixing.

Creaming method.

Cream together butter and sugar. add eggs-mix well. add flour-mix until combined.

let rest in refrigerator overnight.

Scale sweet dough into small 1.5 oz balls.

Roll out cookie dough in between two sheets of plastic wrap.

Using a biscuit cutter, cut out circles of cookie dough.

Cover each sweet dough roll with a cookie circle.

Let sit out for about an hour.

Bake in 400 degree oven until light brown.

Chocolate Sourdough.

Biga

Water 3 oz

Yeast 2 t.

Bread flour 5 oz

Mix together. Let proof for 1 hour.

For the dough.

Water 16 0z

Biga from above

Bread fl. 13 0z

Cake fl. 8 oz

Almond fl. 3 oz

Yeast 1/4 oz

Cocoa powder 1.125 oz

Salt 1/4 oz

Chocolate, melted 2 0z

Chocolate chips 8 0z

Mix together all ingredients in a mixing bowl on speed 1 for 5 minutes.

Mix on speed 2 for 3 minutes.

Bulk ferment until double in size.

Scale and shape as desired. (loaves, muffins, rolls, etc.)

Proof until double in size.

Bake in 400 degree oven.

Soft Pretzel.

All purpose flour 3 cups

Sugar 1 T

dough conditioner 1 T (optional)

butter or vegetable oil 1 T

salt 1 t

yeast 2 t

water 1 cup

Mix dough ingredients together in mixer until cohesive and smooth. (should be sticky.)

Round, cover, and let rest for 30 minutes.

Divide dough into six pieces. Roll out each piece into rope. (about 24 " long)

Shape each rope into a pretzel. Dip pretzel in baking soda wash. ( 3 T water, 2 T sugar, 2 t baking soda). Lay pretzel on well greased sheet pan. Sprinkle pretzel with kosher salt if desired.

Bake in 400 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

For cinnamon sugar pretzels. Brush hot pretzels with melted butter then dip in cinnamon sugar.