I normally proof to 75%ish rise at 72 degrees F. I was on a time crunch needing to shape before bed so I put this dough in the oven with the light on (not sure of temp but at least 80 F). The bottom line is the initial dough level. The higher lines are eyeballed 50%, 75%, and 100% rise. Well I fell asleep on the couch and woke up to find the dough at almost 200% rise. I shaped it right away and it was a little difficult to work with (sticky) but not terrible.
While the resulting loaves don’t have as much oven spring as I prefer, my husband and father both said this bread is my best loaf so far in regards to flavor and texture. It’s perfect for sandwiches- Mayo doesn’t leak through the bread everywhere and it’s so soft. Like, so soft bread I’m amazed.
How did my bread not collapse after such massive over-proofing? Should I experiment with more 200% proofs at high temperature more often? Did I just get lucky? Any experience with this?
150 g active starter
30 g discard
600 g water
900 g flour
18 g salt
Combine water, active starter, and discard. Mix into a milky liquid. Add flour and salt and mix with dough whisk to form a shaggy dough. Let rest 20 minutes. 3 rounds of stretch/folds 20 minutes apart. Into straight sided vessel in oven with light on (warmer than room temp.) proofed to almost 200% rise. 🫣 turned out dough onto floured work surface and split into two (eyeballed). Pre-shaped, let rest about 10 minutes, then tight shaping. Turned over into floured banneton seam side up and cold retard overnight (about 12 hours). Preheated the oven with the Dutch oven inside. Scored loaf cold and dropped into DO with ice cubes. Baked lid on 475 F for 30 minutes, then removed from Dutch oven and baked an additional 15 minutes. Cooled completely before cutting.
by WorkingMinimumMum
8 Comments
I had one of those recently. Tried again a week later and it was not the same. Other than the weather, nothing changed!
Honestly, overproofed bread is fantastic.
I find that the stronger the flour you are using the more it can handle over-proofing without turning into an un-shapeable puddle.
I had a dough made with 14% protein bread flour triple overnight, it was 66°F and below, so I thought it could handle overnight cool bulk ferment. I thought it was going to be ruined.
https://preview.redd.it/kgeg4110lp0e1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ebcfc55edab2b1f9376f35e8cfa8aeb41778ed6
Will separately post the loaf I was shocked rose from this debacle. Also finer crumb like yours, but really great bread still.
Wait you overproofed or over fermented? I thought that first rise is called bulk fermentation. Isn’t proofing what happens after it goes into the baneton post shaping?
Welcome to small-holes-crumb gang. All my homies eat sandwiches without worrying about mess. Substance over style!
Aww last pic looks like a wee bunny
I LOVE those happy accidents!
My starter always triples. I don’t let the dough overproof.