Haha for to say feeling pretty great. These are the loafs I mentioned that I am now being paid to make. Small batch of 4 in total. Should know by Monday how they sold over the weekend rush.

Hi all. I bring in pretty much every loaf I post here into my work. Work for a decent sized corp so it gets devoured quickly. One of the people who works there has offered me a part-time position to make custom breads for his family owned restaurant. Starting with those mini taro+matcha loafs.

I took it and start on Tuesday evening. No idea how far this is going to go, it felt really good getting that offer.

Would like to thank the community for putting up with my experiments, failures, and offering feedback and ideas.

Yeah the stuck together. It came out well I think the matcha needs something to balance it like seeds and I should use more taro next time.

Green = matcha

Red = paprika and beet

Yellowish = peanut butter

Deep Brown = cinnamon

Forgot to post it yesterday. Came out pretty good

Each braid had a light jam filling in it. Braiding was a bit of a challenge. It however was worth the effort. So guess I got a new thing to explore, since spice painting is figured out, and that is fillings.

I am really struggling moving over from counter bulk rises to fridge ones. This is my first attempt with a braided bread. 6 hours in my refrigerator and ended up adding an hour during second rise. Tastes great but I haven't gotten the process down yet.

Nuts: almond + walnut ground up Wash: olive oil, egg, milk, and honey Add-ons: 3.5 tablespoons of peanut butter powder, some chocolate chips, and 50 grams almond flour Spice painting: cinnamon on one side and peanut butter on the other

On a personal note I am thinking about 18 more braided loads before I move on to other bakes.

Had to rush through the braiding process and it definitely shows. However the tastes was fine. Ground the walnuts and almond flakes this time.

I will continue to post failures as well as successes since I think that makes for a healthier online community

Increased peanut butter powder to two tablespoons. Wash is a mix of spice painted cinnamon and peanut butter powder over a layer of egg+olive oil+honey+milk, slight amount of coconut powder in dough

Cinnamon on outside the lighter color on the inside is from peanut butter powder