Oh, my goodness! Thank you! This makes sense to me. I'll try mixing the dough and putting in right into the pan without kneading it early next week. I'll let you know what happens.
Thanks for your reply! I don't use chlorinated water, I use milk. After I add flour and milk to the sponge I knead the bread very little, as recommended on the Expert Village video. Actually, I counted the number of time Jenny...
I have been trying to make salt rising bread, with no success. I am able to get the starter to work, then I make the sponge and it gets big and puffy (and smells cheesy), but after I knead it and put it in the bread pans, it WILL NOT...
I'm a newly retired, formerly self-employed. I love to fly fish, knit and sail. But, in the winter months, one can only knit so much, so I've decided to learn to bake bread--good bread! My goal is to make salt rising bread for my...