Yesterday, I have discovered a great baking recipe from one of my best e-books on making bread and right away gone in to the kitchen and started cooking of the afterwards result. And I worked hard at this one, as I always did, quite some time and I then finally opened the nice oven to see what exactly I've made only to see something I was not expecting. Boy, was I not happy. Not only I realized that this bread I baked didn't look anything like I've seen on the photo, but it didn't taste nowhere as nice as the recipe says or as I've expected either. And I'll even say that it was a disaster.
Although it's true that bread baking is definitely not an easy process and even sometimes can be tedious, but it is all part of having a good time! I enjoy baking, but today I failed. The funny thing is that I followed the process from exactly step by step from that baking recipe I have read and sure did do everything right. Many people fail to produce the bread they desire because it is a delicate process and guys often get tired and stop often after a couple failed tries and that is the worst part, because there are hundreds of my baking recipes to choose from and hundreds of different techniques taught by thousands of different guys & gals and you are going to get skilled at it all comes with practice.
So, what transforms you into a super baking expert? I would say knowledge, determination and effort and practice. Some very basic knowledge will change the bakers experience largely. E.g. there are techniques which stop the bread from sticking to your cooking pan this can be avoided with the help of some simple knowledge and yet can be very troublesome if you don't possess that knowledge. So, possessing them baking recipes in your hands is only part of this equation. Also, speaking about baking recipes, - how confident are you that the recipe you possess provides you with the best available way your baking can be carried out? You will not discover in many, unless you're prof. already. And that is another issue there are many of cook-books that hold billions of different recipes in them, and not all are good.
One other critical in my opinion and from my experience components that do improve the the quality of your home made bread is cornmeal. You can make your bread much better and tastier only by simply adding the cornmeal component, and here's how it works: while you oil your cooking pan, you add cornmeal to the pan after you slightly oil it as you usually do. This will cause your bread to stick to the cornmeal while baking & this will make your job much easier when taking out your bread after it has finished baking. That's it! It's as easy as that, and improves the quality of your bread as well as improving general baking experience. This method is extremely popular and used amongst some of the best bread-makers and can work with any types of know breads, so try it today - you will not be disappointed!