Alright, here we go.

I have decided to start my journey with trying out recipes, so that I can decide what I like, what I don't like, what is something would/could change to make it my own and so on and so forth.

Today I am going to attempt to make 'mini baguettes' with the recipe found in 'Baking: A Commonsense Guide,' page 347.

The ingredients are nice and simple, so we will start there...

2 teaspoons of dried yeast
1 teaspoon of sugar
10 3/4 fl oz (1 1/4 cups) of warm water
90g (3/4 cup) of plain (all-purpose) flour
375g (3 cups) of white strong flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 fl oz (1/4 cup) warm water
2 tablespoons of polenta, to sprinkle

There we are. That's it. Not a whole lot to it.

But I did notice while originally looking at this recipe that there are two different types of flour.

So, a quick study in flour will be my focus of today. (Baguettes aside.)

- Ellie Marie

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