A few expert bread-bakers influenced how I make breads. I use their techniques in almost all of the breads I bake. I learned a basic bread-baking technique from Mollie Katzen's classic, The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. She offers numerous recipes based on her sponge technique, as well as suggestions for modifying the basic recipe. The best feature of her section about bread-baking is the exquisitely illustrated and detailed description of how to knead and shape bread dough. For example, her best suggestion about knowing how much to knead is that the dough should be the consistency of an earlobe when pinched.
If you are learning how to make bread, I recommend starting with the recipes in The Enchanted Broccoli Forest. Learning Mollie Katzen's techniques will serve you well!
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