LoafNest in Your Rhythm
We designed LoafNest method to fit bread making
into busy daily schedules. Here are some tips on how
you could make LoafNest bread making fit your
schedule.
Find a trigger in your existing schedule to find a 2-3
minutes time (for example, after dinner, before going
to bed, before leaving to work etc.). Use this trigger to
mix the dough.
Find a space of 45-90 minutes in your current schedule
when you can be home. You may be busy doing other
chores at the same time. Use this time for pre-heating
and baking.
Between these two time slots, the dough can raise.
The ideal raise time for the dough with LoafNest
recipe is 12-18 hours. But this method is quite forgiving
for a bit shorter or longer raise times. Use this to make
it to well fit your schedule.
If you need shorter raise times to fit your schedule, use
2-4 times the amount of yeast in the basic recipe. You
could also try mixing flour with 2 lukewarm (not hot)
water and keeping the dough to raise in a warm (not
hot) place for shorter raise time. This way, you could
have a dough ready to bake in a few hours.
If you need longer raising times, reduce the amount of
yeast. You can also try to use ice-water to mix the
dough or keep the dough to raise in a refrigerator for
a part of the raise to slow it down.
If your oven has a programming function, put it to use.
Place the LoafNest Casserole in the oven and program
it so that LoafNest is pre-heated and ready for you to
bake at a desired time, for example when you wake
up or when you return home in the evening. Do not
pre-heat the Liner. With some tweaking of yeast and
temperatures and perhaps using your programmable
features of your oven, we are sure you will find a way
to make bread at home in a schedule that fits you
well.
Creative Tips
LoafNest makes creative bread making possible for
the experienced and for the beginners. For easy and
quick creative options, here are some ideas for what
you can change in the LoafNest Method at each step.
Mixing Ingredients:
•Try mixing whole wheat and white flours in
different proportions
•Add different flours like Spelt, Barley, Rye
•If you have a sourdough starter, use it instead
of yeast. We recommend using 150-180g of
starter for 350g of flour for a LoafNest loaf.
•Add seeds and grains like flax, oats, sunflower
seeds
•Add dairy or vegetable puree/juices to
supplement water
•Add shredded or chopped veggies like carrot,
beetroot, spinach
•Add dry fruit like raisins, chopped dates,
apricots, figs
•Add whole or chopped nuts like almonds,
cashew or peanuts
Raising:
Experiment with shorter and longer raise times and
temperatures. Different raise times give different
flavor profiles.
Pre-heating:
Try using programming functions of your oven if
available, to preheat the LoafNest Casserole to
minimize the waiting time.
Baking:
•As with options for mixing ingredients, you
can try mixing up various things into your
dough just before pouring it in.
•After pouring the dough, before closing the
lid, try topping up the loaf with seeds like
sesame or sunflower seeds. Just plain flour,
semolina, wheat bran, or cornmeal also give a
nice artisan look to the loaf. Shredded cheese
works great as a topping too and so do dry
herbs and spices
•Experiment with slightly higher or lower
baking temperatures. Loaves that have sugar
or sweet ingredients benefit from a lower
baking temperature.
•Experiment with longer or shorter baking
times. Longer you bake, the thicker will be
your crust.
•After first 30-40 minutes, continue baking
only the loaf (without the LoafNest lid) for
