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Message: [QUOTE="Emmie, post: 43943, member: 5241"] I find that baking progress isn't usually a eureka moment but lots of tiny incremental improvements. What are the tiny things you've done or changed about a bake that has made all the difference and made you feel like you've moved on a little? Today I baked my best ever basic white loaf. I was pretty bad with bread a few years ago. I've had lots of incremental improvements with this - learning about hydration, how to test if a dough has been kneaded or proofed enough, oven temperatures, steam in the oven, etc. Today I applied better shaping techniques and it really helped. I was also more comfortable using my knowledge about rising and proofing to judge when the dough was ready to go in the oven. I slashed the bread a bit unevenly, so that will be my next incremental thing to work on. I'd also like to learn how to bake with different yeast (I use instant yeast). What has given you those tiny, incremental improvements, whether it's bread, cake, pastry or something else? [ATTACH type="full"]3534[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]3535[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]