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This adds more frequently asked questions and possible troubleshooting.
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flour. The first bread might not go exactly as you
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planned, but you will get there eventually. Each
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feeding makes your starter stronger and stronger.
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\section{My flour has low gluten content - what should I do?}
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You can always mix in a little bit of vital wheat gluten. Vital wheat gluten
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is concentrated extracted gluten from wheat flour.
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I recommend that you add around 5 grams of wheat gluten for every 100 grams of
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flour that you are using.
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\section{What's a good level of water (hydration) to make a dough?}
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Especially when starting to make bread use lower amounts of water. This will
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greatly simplify the whole process. I recommend using a level of around 60
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percent hydration. So for every 100 grams of flour use around 60 grams of water.
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This ballpark figure will work for most flours. With this hydration, you can
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make bread, buns, pizzas, and even baguettes out of the same dough.
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With the lower hydration dough handling becomes easier and you have more yeast
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fermentation, resulting in lower overfermentation risk.
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\section{What's the best stage to incorporate inclusions (seeds) into the dough?}
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You can include seeds directly at the start when mixing the dough. If you use
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whole seeds such as wheat or rye kernels, soak them in water overnight and
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then rinse them before adding them to the dough. This makes sure that they
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are not crunchy and soft enough when eating the bread. If you forgot to soak
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them you can cook the seeds for 10 minutes in hot water. Rinse them with cold
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water before adding them to your dough.
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If you want to sweeten the dough your best option is to add sugar during the
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shaping stage. Initial sugar is typically fermented and no residual sugar
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remains. Adjust your shaping technique a little bit and spread your sugar
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mixture over a flattened-out dough. You can then roll the dough together
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incorporating layers of sugar.
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\section{My dough sample (aliquot) doesn't rise, what's wrong?}
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If you see that your dough rises in size but your aliquot doesn't chances
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are that both are fermenting at a different speed. This can often
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happen when the temperature in your kitchen changes. The aliquot
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is more susceptible to temperature changes than the main dough.
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Because the sample is smaller in size it will heat up or cool down
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faster.
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For this reason, you must use room-temperature water when
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making your dough. By having the same temperature in both the sample
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and your dough you make sure that both ferment at the same rate.
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If the temperature in your room changes significantly during the day, your
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best option is to use a see-through container. Mark the container to properly
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measure your dough's size increase.
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Another option could be to use a more expensive pH meter to measure your
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dough's acidity buildup. You can read more about different ways of managing
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bulk fermentation in section ~\ref{section:bulk-fermentation}.
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\section{Bulk fermentation}
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\label{section:bulk-fermentation}
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After mixing the starter into your dough the next stage of
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the process known as bulk fermentation begins. The term
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