@Gargron Cover the top with some butter or oil next time get get a better color. You can also add a pinch of salt loosely across the top.

Another little secret is to spray the inside of the oven walls with a bit of water and that'll help the crust.

@Gargron Blender?

@Gargron excellent yeasty boi

@Gargron mmm can I have a piece of bread?

@Gargron if it's crispy outside and soft inside the baking is correct. about the taste 🤷‍♂️ well.. that's personal

@Gargron 𝙄 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙤, 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩?👑🍞🍷✨

And now to clean the kitchen :michaelwazowski:

@Gargron Even the longest path starts with the first step. Keep going. ;)
And feel free to ask.

@Gargron Believe me, only a bread made from sourdough is a real bread. A great source of information is this blog https://www.ploetzblog.de/ (German) with delicious bread recipes. Homemade bread is just great. Two of my first tries. 😋

@Gargron I am also not a connoisseur, but I messed up enough doughs to be able to say that yours looks pretty good!

@Gargron this looks great! I recommend letting it bake longer, though. Don't be afraid of a little color!

@Gargron
The bread looks very delicious😋