Dusty Bleher wrote:
> Hello Keven & all;
>
> "--keven." > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> ...
> >> Try:
> >> http://www.innerlodge.com/Recipes/Br...h/ciabatta.htm
> >> and have at it... Been making good Ciabatta with it for years...
> ...
> > I attempted this recipe this weekend and it does not seem to have
> > a
> > very high hydration factor-- the resulting dough was stiff, not
> > slack
> > like a slipper should be. Although maybe I was "slack" somehow
> > and
> > made an error somwhere along the way.
> I've been making this for some time, and it's always worked well. I
> often update or modify my recipes as I learn things or figure
> something new out. I may well have made a change correctly on my
> working copy and then incorrectly changed the on-line copy. I'll
> give it another lash in a few days and see what's up with it...
>
> In any event, how did it turn out?
>
> BTW; thanks for taking the time to let me know there might be a
> problem with one of my recipes.
>
>
> Take care all,
> Dusty -- east of Everett, Wa. for the moment...

Well the bread turned out great. So the recipe is a good one, but I
guess just not the ciabatta I was aiming for. I also read your
recommendations for the different treatments of the crust and decided
to spray the loaves. I kept a wet towell on the loaves as they
proofed. It turned into some of the best crust I've made, thin and
crunchy.