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Crazy oven spring

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loaflove

Crazy oven spring

This is the most massive oven spring I've ever gotten.  How did the lid not get in the way!

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Benito

Wow LL what did you do differently?  Great blisters too.

Benny

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Thanks Benny.  That's the thing.  I don't know.  I did everything that I had done before.  I did more gentle stretch and folds where I just picked the dough up and let it fold over naturally with gravity.  But I've done that in the past before. The formula is the same as before.  The only thing is , my starter was super active this time.  It more than doubled then had already fallen a bit before I realized it had peaked already.  Could it be that my starter is just getting more mature and stronger now?  

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Benito

Could definitely be that your starter is more mature and vigorous.  Share the crumb when you can.

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Gadjowheaty

Whoa!  That's impressive!!  No answers for you, but in the immortal words of the diner lady from When Harry Met Sally,

When Harry Met Sally - I'll have what she's having - YouTube

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loaflove

Haha Thanks!

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Benito

Perfect LL great crumb well done. You must be happy 😀

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Gadjowheaty

Beautiful.  Congratulations!

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loaflove

Thanks! With a strong well established starter, there's certainly less room for error.  I made my starter during the covid lock down so it's over 2 years old now.  

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Gadjowheaty

Very nice.  Certainly emphasizes that the starter is the heart of everything.  I've recently re-started (no, no pun) a new one, and have worked it to be very vigorous with a lot more yeast balance, and much less acid.  I think I was not being very careful with this previously.  Thanks for the thread.