I have walked into the kitchen, checked the status of my starter, and realised I need to start a new sponge Right Now.

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Bread's in.

This is a 100% whole wheat loaf, with 150g walnuts added to 1000g flour.

Hydration is 90%, as it seems that WW soaks up even more liquid than white flour. I could have upped that and will try a 100% hydration next time, possibly even more.

Playing with oven settings as well. Turned convection on for pre-heat to evenly heat both oven and thermal mass (Dutch Oven + a cast-iron skillet). Turned conv off for the bake itself, then back on after dropping temp for browning.

Bake at 550 F (290C) for 20 min, brown at 450 F (230 C) for 25 min / until desired browning observed.

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