Member Spotlight: Maureen Asked Crusty. Crisis Handled.

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Saturday morning, Maureen was short on levain. She’d already added what she had to the dough and wasn’t sure if she’d thrown the whole thing off.

Instead of guessing, she pulled up the Recipe Pantry and asked Crusty. He ran the numbers, gave her the adjusted plan, and told her what I tell every baker who hits a snag: watch the dough, not the clock.

She kept baking. The loaves came out clean.

Two things worth pulling out of this:

One, the moment you realize you’re short on starter is not the moment to walk away. Inoculation percentage is flexible. Time will adjust to whatever you actually used. The dough will still tell you when it’s ready if you know what to look for.

Two, Crusty is built into the Recipe Pantry for exactly this reason. You don’t have to wait for me. You don’t have to wait for anyone. Open the recipe, ask the question, get the math. He pulls from every recipe in the pantry and every teaching note we’ve put in there.

Maureen, well done. This is the kind of thinking that builds a real baker.

If anyone hasn’t put Crusty through his paces yet, next time something goes sideways mid-bake, ask him. That’s what he’s there for. www.recipepantry.app

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