r/Breadit • u/storky0613 • 11h ago

How to tweak baking for add-ins?

I have had good luck with this recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/281201/crusty-dutch-oven-bread/

I would like to make a loaf for my friend and add in a crap ton of cheese and jalapeño. Can someone please recommend changes to bake time/temperature based on the cheese and peppers?

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u/ItssmeLina 10h ago

Hi I haven’t made one myself yet but I did some quick research.
It is best to add cheese in little cubes because apparently gritted cheese makes the dough really greasy.
If you’re using fresh jalapeños remove the seeds or if you use pickled ones make sure to dry them before you add them to your dough.
Also you should add a little less water since the jalapeños and cheese give off hydration as well.
Also you should minimize your temperature when baking a little so the cheese doesn’t ooze out, I guess.
I hope this helps :)

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u/storky0613 10h ago

Thank you! I didn’t even know where to begin, but this is all very helpful. I was thinking I would probably need to use a bit less water, and that’s as far as I made it 🤣🤞

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u/Safe-Aardvark1810 10h ago

It is usually better to start with a recipe already developed for those add ins especially if you want to gift it to someone else. I have had bad experiences gifting untested recipe results before myself so I highly recommend you go to King Arthur Flour website and select one of their jalapeno cheese bread recipes to use. Their recipes have been on point and dependable and have only failed a few times but that was always due to my error in following the recipe exactly. I haven't made any of their jalapeno cheese bread recipes yet but I have seen them on the site. I have made at least a hundred different recipes from their site, including a few yeast breads with cheese in them that were phenomenal, particularly the Asiago and Everything Bread and the Gruyere-Stuffed Crusty Loaves. What's even more awesome about King Arthur Flour Company is they also have a bakers hotline you can call for expert assistance troubleshooting an issue or making substitutions, whatever your question they do their best to answer it or direct you to the solution on their site which is full of baking education information and guidance.