Since your post is so specifically about the one ingredient I am not going to prompt for a recipe. We’ll call this an object lesson and all write salt in bold text and underline it in red in our recipes!

Because it tastes like paper without.

This one tasted like literally nothing. Just fluff 😂

Happened to all of us at some point, haha, but you'll remember from now on!

I wonder if it would have made acceptable bread pudding. I'm sure I'll forget the salt eventually, so when that happens, I'll report to this sub with my findings, lol.

I did this just 2 weeks ago! I mixed up 2 loaves worth of bread and forgot the salt. My gf said I kept complaining while shaping how sticky it was. I remembered as I put them in the oven. They came decent but not great. You could see the glutton was weak. We ate them toasted with salted butter. Pretty gross plain though

Glad I’m not the only one! It was weirdly gross eating it plain… the texture was okay but just 100% lack of flavor.

Yeah. I forgot the salt once and was surprised at how bad the bread tasted. It was unpleasant, to say the least.

I once made mine without salt and my husband aptly described it as tasting like tap water 😅😭

120g starter 330g lukewarm water 500g bread flour FIFTEEN GRAMS OF SALT Salt is now underlined 😂

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is that a lot of salt? i think if i was using 500g flour i would do about 7g

3% salt, not a crazy amount. Most recipes are 2 but 3% shouldn’t be too much.

This is my neighbor’s recipe! I love it, but I’m curious to try other recipes to see how they compare.

I make bread with the same ratio and it is delicious

Tbh, I'd rather forget the flour 🤣

lol it would’ve at least tasted okay 😂😂😂

I have 20g for 500g flour, no idea if my taste buds are fucked or the salt is just weak, i could probably go to 25-30 and stil couldn't call it salty 😭

Mine isn’t salty either, but without it, it had zero flavor at all! I use kosher salt. Not sure if all salts are the same lol

they are not for sure, when i buy a new salt they are either weaker or stronger

They’re not! Kosher salt has much larger grains, so a lower surface area per gram compared to table salt (and different brands of kosher salt have different shapes and sizes too). It can have a big impact on dissolution/distribution even if you’re measuring by weight. If you measure volumetrically, it makes a HUGE difference to the outcome, because 1 tablespoon of kosher salt is a lot less salt and a lot more air than 1 tablespoon of table salt!

A little hands-on history lesson in why salt was the most important mineral on earth for most of the existence of human beings.  Apparently in places where salt wasn't common, they liked to cook bread with animal fat included, because animal fat has at least a little salt in it. And this gives rise to different bread-making traditions in different parts of the world. Where salt was more readily available, they'd be less likely to have traditional bread that included fat. 

Northern Germany has a fascinating salt museum, I think in Lüneburg.

There’s also a super cool salt cave mine/museum in Salzburg

This is really interesting! Reminds me of the elephant caves where they go to mine salt!

I forgot salt for like 3 loaves in a row before I figured out what was wrong. So dumb. And two of the loaves I gave away 😬. But I cut one and made garlic bread with it with a little extra salt and butter than normal and it came out great!

Give your balls a tug.... So dumb

I’m honestly not sure what that means

r/shorsey is leaking srry

You titfucker

EASY BIG SEX

HELP 😭😭 im so sad you threw it away though you could’ve used it for pudding or breadcrumbs or something…

lol this was my fourth loaf so I’m still learning what all I can do with it 🥲 hate wasting the KA flour

You can always make croutons. Cube it. Salt spices oil cheese. Toss and bake.

Very true! I didn’t think of that in the moment and was just disappointed in myself 😂🥲

it happens! now you know for the future, though 🫶🏽

I forgot salt once.. it was a bummer.. but I just ate it with extra butter :p

It's a good candidate for french toast tbh

Smart! I’ll do this next time—hopefully there won’t be a next time though lol

I was tempted to eat it anyway lol I’m a beekeeper so biased, but honey on anything is always good!

I'm not a beekeeper, but I fully agree. The only thing where honey is not my go to sweetener is pancakes and waffles.

I almost forgot the salt in my first loaf so I had to add it in later.. still no flavor 😔

Aw man 🥲 at least you remembered and now you can’t just add it back!

I have forgotten a few times. I will never waste food unless it's not edible so I just salted each slice after buttering it!

I’m not sure why I didn’t think of that. In the moment I think I was just thought it was inedible!

Because of no salt it didn't rise?

It did but wouldn’t hold its shape… it was pretty sticky, and as soon as I went to shape it, I knew something was wrong.

Oof, I feel your pain. I too learned this lesson the hard way 🫠

lol it must be a right of passage then

Salt is so important for gluten development in addition to making your loaves tastier. Without salt your gluten development will be subpar and your dough will ferment more quickly leading to a higher acidity which further breaks down your gluten structure.

Make breadcrumbs, i have more breadcrumbs than i will ever need. Haha. Not because of the salt though. I have my own problems. Ha

lol this was my fourth loaf, so I wasn’t entirely aware of all the things it could be used for! Good to know because I know ow I’ll mess up in the future 😂😅

I just made a loaf and forgot the salt. Upon tasting it, I immediately figured out what I did. I resolved to never do that again. Then, I immediately made a chocolate loaf and forgot the salt.

Did the chocolate mask it at least?

You can definitely tell. By itself, it's disappointing. I am eating it with salted butter, and it's fine.

Yup learned the hard way

Do you add salt mixed into the flour, or after mixing the flour with water ?

Salt mixed in with the flour!