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Artisan Bread Enthusiasts  Does bread making make you a better
cook/baker?    • Pin It MadAboutB8's picture  Does bread making
make you a better cook/baker?  I think bread-making makes me a
better cook/baker. It's actually more like a knowledgeable and
confident one.   It makes me look at the fundamental ingredients
of each recipe and thinking about ratio/percentage of
ingredients, how each ingredients will react together, what each
ingredients are for, what are the eggs, butter, liquid
percentage to the flour and how can I tweak that:) It makes me
more analytical about the recipe and empowering me to create my
own variation when I understand the fundamentals. Thanks to
baker's percentage calculation.  I've been baking bread
regularly for about six months now, still considers myself a
newbie, but a very enthusiastic one. I bake bread at least once
a week, mainly sourdough.  It's been six months but I still jump
with joy everytime I see my loaf with a g