No Oven? You can still make great sourdough bread :)

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

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[@thomascarothers5958]

I tried this today for a little 1 pound test loaf. Great result. This will likely be my go-to method for summer breadmaking. Thanks again to Elly for showing the way. Best, Thomas

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you Thomas, that's great to hear. It's a nice alternative on those very hot days.

[@ingridgillette5573]

What a great idea! Especially great for those hot summer days and you dont want to heat up ypur kitchen. Genius!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Absolutely!! Thank you :)

[@susiet2150]

Oh yay! This is the answer to my summer bread dilemma. Thank you for always thinking out of the box

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks Susie, that seems to be my specialty! This is a great method. Have fun.

[@gracebock2900]

Great encouraging video.In the Chinese language, there's a saying that goes"When the horse u r riding on drops down dead, u continue forward to yr destination by walking on foot". Reminds me of when my "cassette player" broke down n I decided tt instead of just listening n following the songs I was playing, I would just sing whatever comes to mind n s:times make up my own song n tune

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Beautiful. I couldn't agree with you more :)

[@sallyforth9323]

Just sitting here enjoying your yummy loaf video and saying to my husband, “She’s so nice! I really like this woman!” “Yeah,” says he, “she looks really genuine.” High praise coming your way, Elly! From the heart! 🤩

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Oh thank you Jill! That's so nice for me to hear. I'm glad you and your hubby enjoy my videos :)

[@raffaellavitiello1762]

Thankyou Elly, just bought one of those, jockinly my dayghter told me that l could not make bread in this, because i am always making bread! So now l can tell her...yes l can hahah so much fun l will show her !, Always enjoye your videos , always something trick you teach me ! Thankyou

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you Raffaella, you're welcome!

[@englishincontext4025]

What a terrific video. Straight to the point and well narrated. Thanks for posting.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks so much. You might also enjoy my other channel, dedicated to 100% whole grain sourdough baking kzbin.info

[@tosca...]

Wow! What an interesting way to cook a loaf! You're always full of good ideas Elly 😊👍🏻

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you Tosca - the ideas never really stop coming. Love to work out lots of options. This one was handy when we had no kitchen!

[@jeoyceallingham45]

I agree. Now I will not give away my crock pot which I think was eating space in my counter, lol!

[@Fester_]

Great job, thanks for that. Belfast Northern Ireland salutes you.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you kindly!

[@1301TARA]

Gosh Elly!! This is such a great idea. My oven doesn’t heat up to 200C so have to make to sourdough and take it to my aunt’s to bake it. Now am going to give it a try in my slow cooker. Thank You Thank You 😊 🙏🏾

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

You're welcome! It doesn't have the best crust, but it's bread!

[@redhottadame]

Summer is upon us... I'll try the slow cooker, and avoid using a hot oven! Thank you!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Excellent! It's fun to do and yes, makes a big difference to the temperature of your kitchen.

[@ericvanzeyl4483]

I tried a version of your slow cooking. The only difference is I used a method of doing the dough slightly different, which in the end, the bread smells so sour, I can't wait to try it. Turned out real well, fit the 800g of flour that normally would make 2 normal artisan style breads I make.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Fantastic, that's great to hear.

[@CriticoolHit]

Incredible! I cant believe that crust you got in a slow cooker with a loose lid and towel.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you :) I don't know what it is with Australian slow cookers but they all seem to have loose lids. Never known why! Glad you liked the video.

[@cyn4rest]

Fabulous. A crockpot for baking? Who knew?! Thanks. Will try this.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

It was such a good discovery!

[@feltlikeitbydebs]

Looks amazing Elly. Great way to cook bread when it's 40 deg outside. Now to master the actual dough.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Good luck! Overfermenting is another issue in that hot weather. Cold water in the mix helps :)

[@slcattwood]

Thanks Elly for sharing . I will certainly give this a try with summer coming up soon.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

You're welcome Sandra, thanks :)

[@beltoftruth56]

Best video on crockpot bread thanks.i don't want to run my oven this summer it s so hot out and humid can't think of turning on an oven .. Maybe cook out side in a dutch oven over a grill ..for fresh bread some how

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

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[@SonShine007]

Elly! Elly! Elly! 😍 Boy am I glad your oven broke down lol 😂 only because this is an absolutely amazing idea!!! I’m thinking I’ll have to try this during the spring & summer months! THANK YOU!!!!!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you! Your enthusiastic comment has just made my day!! I'm really glad that old oven broke down too, to tell you the truth ;) I'm so glad you found and loved this video - I've been waiting for people to find it!! :)

[@lisabafundo4355]

That's very interesting...it turned out very well😁 i wpuld imagine this baking method is a nice option for keeping your kitchen/house cooler in the summer.😁

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Yes! I thought that too :)

[@Sassylassie1111]

My house is hot and I haven't baked all summer. I will do this tomorrow. Feeding my poor starving starter now! I miss my bread!

[@pineapplesnoopy1876]

Wow! What a fantastic video and method! I will try it, just what I was looking for my new slow cooker.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Great! I loved it when my oven broke down. Works well with rye bread too :)

[@jam4441]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking just wondering if you would share the rye bread recipe.... it looks amazing.

[@tomissmitten]

This is great! Like others have mentioned, this would be a game changer in Summer - I could see this set up outside on a table near the back door and just bring in the bread when it was baked! A real game changer! Also could be helpful if you wanted to keep a main oven gluten free, and use the slow cooker for whole wheat bread and it would be more economical than using a regular oven, if you are just baking one loaf of bread.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Absolutely! Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@manmohansinghsaxena4540]

Nice bread Elly. Use of slow cooker and solar experiments are great

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks Manmohan! Hopefully some good solar bread videos to come this year :)

[@miabagley2202]

This will be great for summer when you don't want to heat up your house with the oven. I'm also wanting to try to do bread in my solar oven.

[@antoniobanares6815]

Sort of treasure you're. I've got no slow cooker so... but unever know. 3 hours...should be fulloftaste..👏

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you Antonio, yes, this bread does have a wonderful taste! It was a surprise to me how well this worked :)

[@Juliukas101]

Nice loaf! I'm going to give it a try.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks, it's a pretty good method!

[@jeoyceallingham45]

Great idea!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you!

[@hardergm]

Amazing! Especially since in an oven you are baking at 200 deg + for most loaves

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks Geoff, I'm still quite amazed myself!

[@judithgerwarth3492]

I love the idea. ThanksYou can also use your toaster oven if you want to crisp up the top

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Yes you can!

[@AltoidJTP]

Brilliant!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks Michael!

[@mojganmirhadi9302]

Wow .... You are great this way is easy mybe for me beacuse beatwen my bread is wet always I don't like it.... . Thank you so much...

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

You're welcome! I wonder why your bread is wet? Maybe too much water, or you are overfermenting it?

[@mojganmirhadi9302]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking yes mybe. .. I try it again .....but I see in the videos that you also spill a lot of water.... Thank you for answer me ...

[@mojganmirhadi9302]

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[@cookingdude1237]

cool stuff

[@anuiyerrecipes]

You are Amazing!. Thanks a lot for sharing

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

You're welcome. And thanks!

[@KC5JNR]

I tied it, It works great!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Excellent! Good to hear :)

[@52rajesh]

thanks master great bread and I will try it on my brod and taylor bread proofer and slow cooking apparatus which i bought from USA. Many thanks for nice tips . rajesh

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you Rajesh, have fun!

[@davidboyd3998]

You are videos surprisingly good. Normally I am not a big fan of amateur blogger type videos but you keep it straight to the point. Hope you get a bigger following soon. Subscribed.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thanks David, I appreciate that. Good to hear!

[@tosca...]

Bit patronising there David, but I must say that as a VERY experienced viewer of sourdough videos, Elly's are better than any professional baker out there. She does indeed get straight to it, but even more, she covers every fine point of detail a home cook could encounter. I didn't start making good sourdough until I discovered Elly 😊

[@suemauer5965]

@@tosca... I agree with you on both points! "Surprisingly good" indeed - best I have found!

[@GenWivern2]

Oh my, something else to try. Thank you very much Elly. :-) Actually, I have a novelty bread "recipe" to pass on too, involving frozen raspberries and white chocolate (in my case a half price Easter egg). I'm sure everyone can fill in the gaps for themselves, the main tricks being to drain the fruit and use the juice for the liquid in the dough, and to start off with a dryish dough because those berries just keep on liquifying so you'll wind up with something like a ciabatta whatever you do. It's very pink!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

That sounds like fun! Thanks, as always, for your support :)

[@shirleylau700]

I am thinking that may be can turn the bread upside down into the slow cooker to cook the crust a bit more

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Yes, that could work. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't thought of that. You'd have to be gentle with it, but I think it would work! :)

[@ArmywomanVet]

Hi! Would you please share your rye bread recipe? Thank you so much. I really liked this Idea.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hi Pam, thank you. Are you on facebook? I shared my rye bread recipe on Sunday on my Elly's Everyday Sourdough page.

[@ArmywomanVet]

Elly's Everyday yes, I am ! THANK YOU! 😃😘

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

No problem :)

[@michasosnowski5918]

Thanks for this idea and you calm voice explaining it :) I wonder if you can bake bread in that low temperature(99 C) in oven. I read tha slow cooker heat up to 149 C, but product just get 99 C. So I wonder if there is any benefit of slow baking and low temperature for the final sordough bread. And I dont have slow cooker, so I will try to bake it in oven.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hi Michal, generally speaking, the hotter the better for baking bread. I don't think that 99C would be hot enough, but you could try it with a small batch and see!

[@ragaashabib7060]

Wow. I love LOVE it. Would it work using a double the ingredients in a big 4 quarts?/4 liter slowcooker? Also have u ever made stove top sourdough bread. To make something like pita bread or a flat bread?

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hi, thank you! Yes I'm sure it would work with a larger recipe, but the cook time may be longer. I have made stovetop sourdough breads, yes, and naan bread in my oven! I love to make sourdough chapatis/rotis. I will do a video on these one day I hope!

[@MadlyinLovewithJesus-1953]

What exactly do you mean when you say one loaf was 70% hydration and the rye loaf was 100% hydration? I get that the higher the percentage the wetter it is, but I have no idea what hydration the loaf I am baking today is for instance.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hydration refers to the amount of water in the loaf calculated as a percentage of the total flour amount. So, if there's 1000g of flour used and 700g water, the loaf is 70% hydration - you can look up baker's percentages to learn more about it. I'm not super interested in the calculations, but I do check the water amounts, particularly with whole grain flours.

[@MadlyinLovewithJesus-1953]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Thanks for explaining! My bread is nearly 100% whole grain (as due to my heart issues I am not to eat any refined grains). Do you think this may mean a wet dough is good for me to use?

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

You definitely need more water (in my opinion anyway) with whole grain flour. I like between 80 and 90% with my wheat flour, though different grains and flours absorb different amounts. I'd experiment with your flour and see what works best for you.

[@delbowen1]

Hi Elly what do you mean by 100%hydration of water pls. For yr sourdough loaf in the slow cooker.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hydration just refers to the amount of water in the loaf. If a loaf has 100% hydration then the water and flour amounts are the same. The water is calculated as a percentage of the total flour amount. Eg, 50% hydration would have half the amount of water as there is flour in the recipe. I hope that makes sense!

[@delbowen1]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Yes thankyou. Much appreciated that you replied.😁

[@jeoyceallingham45]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking Thanks for clearing that one!

[@jeanettehaygood4154]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMakingmost of my friends consider me intelligent but sometimes I have a difficult time wrapping my mind around certain concepts. Your brief explanation of hydration was an ah-ha moment for me. Thank You! I’m not sure why this video popped up in my feed since it’s 5+ years old but I’m glad it did! I definitely want to try making bread in my slow cooker now that I know it’s a ‘thing’. 😊

[@halima6960]

Hi Elliy's, bread looked really amazing, will this work if used an Instanpot slowcooker function? thank you. Love your soap making tutorials.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Thank you Halima, I can't see why it wouldn't work in an IP using the slow cooker function. I haven't tried it myself but I'd say it would work!

[@Warbler36]

Halima Farah Did you try the instant pot? If so how did it come out? Also did you bake it on low, medium or high? I have the Ultra and can pick a temperature.

[@Warbler36]

I saw down In the Comments someone use the instant pot with a slow cooker function. I have the ultra and can choose a temperature. What temperature would you suggest trying?

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hi Belinda, I'm not sure to be honest - if you google temperature for high setting on crock pot you might get an idea. Maybe somewhere around 150°C? That's just a guess though.

[@ClickinChicken]

Hey yo Elly! I made sourdough with white Bread Flour. I seen low active loaf also, turns out/doesn't rise, like a bagel. Is the discard a fact of life? Maybe same reason I don't want to "inspect my bee hive." I eat my bread with butter, when I watch movies!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

I'm not sure why your bread didn't rise, it's a bit hard to say without knowing all the details. Did you make it in a slow cooker?

[@Hollymacario29]

can i do this with a rice cooker? my rice cooker had the cake mode :D

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

I'm not sure, might be worth a try though!

[@Justme-Diana]

I have a question about the sourdough starter, It took me forever to get my starter working, but finally got it. Someone suggested using Kombucha and it worked amazingly. But now when I make things English muffins for example when I cut them open there's brown staining on the inside. Can anyone tell me why and does that mean it has been contaminated or is it ok to continue using the starter? HELP!

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

I'm not sure Diana, but I do know that a kombucha culture is made up of different bacterias and yeasts than a sourdough culture, so you may not have the ones you need to make your bread successfully. Maybe a web search will reveal some more info for you?

[@plutostube]

what if you keep it more than 2.5 h? let's say 3 h? is getting more caramelisation? whats the risk? thanks

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

It will eventually overcook and dry out. The top will never caramelise unfortunately, but I guess the bottom would get more 'baked' if you cook it longer :)

[@plutostube]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking what if you keep the original time but flip it after half of the time to have browning even on both sides? Thanks

[@qinoqino7643]

Please, how do you make a starter

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

www.ellyseveryday.com/how-to-make-a-sourdough-starter

[@LinhTran-oc3wu]

What’s the capacity of your slow cooker please?

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

It's a pretty small one, 3 litre capacity.

[@rosemaryyanz1115]

Hello Elly, 2 questions: do you still use this method? And what is the ambient temp in your hottest season in your kitchen? I live in Darwin.

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

Hi Rosemary, yes if I needed to, I would definitely still use this method! Most of the time I just use my oven though. It can get up to the very high 30's here in Brisbane, but usually low-mid 30's is our regular hot summer weather.

[@rosemaryyanz1115]

@@EllysEverydaySoapMaking thanks for your reply Elly. I used the slow cooker method today unfortunately without success - the bread was a tasty flattish brick - I’ll keep trying but will revert to the oven method. My kitchen ambient inside temperature is 27° - I’m new at this form of bread making and determined to succeed. Thanks again.

[@skylark4074]

I came for a recipe and step by step 🙁

[@EllysEverydaySoapMaking]

You can check out any of my other sourdough videos and use any recipe you like. The full playlist is here kzbin.info/aero/PLMq0_yjUn5OvzGkJ9uqHc-oGRWdX1jAfK. Once you have a bulk fermented dough then you can follow the slow cooker bread directions. If you want to make the same loaf as I showed in the recipe, this one would be good kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZouWkphnq7WBh5I I hope that helps :)

[@papiezguwniak]

Sloy kooka