Not perfect but I think there is value in posting failures. Might have been better with a butter wash
This is a failure? It might not be instagram ready, but it looks totally delish.
I just think the spices could have been spread more evenly and there is a small burn on the bottom from the olive oil runoff. I ate that part. Kids loved the bread so maybe I am off base. They thought I was making pizza from the smell. One thing is the olive oil made it very crunchy which was nice.
Think a thick butter glaze would have been a better way. Butter on the olive oil + spices wash.
Honey instead of sugar will probably be my next attempt. Thinking heavy cream wash.
Be careful with honey the conversion is not one to one from sugar. Worth a try regardless
I gave my standard recipe to chatgpt and recommended
1.25 tablespoons honey instead of 1.5 of sugar.
Reduce water for bulk fermination by about 1 tsp off my normal 3/4 cup
Cook at 350F instead of my normal 375F but stay with 40 minutes (carmalization avoiding).
Does this sound good? I truthfully don’t know.
Honestly never baked with honey, but sounds right. Worst case it’s a little sweet. I’m sure king Arthur baking has some info on it
maybe with also flake salt? Still looks good and hope you enjoyed it!
Thanks and we did. I like your idea for flake salt. What do you think maybe use butter as the fat, no salt added in the dough, then water wash with the salt?
Egg wash will get you a deeper browning on top than butter
