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Baker’s Tools

Every bread baker needs tools to do the job. They can be as simple as a single bowl, a wooden spoon and a couple of dented measuring cups. You don’t have to have a stand mixer or a fancy baking stone to make great bread, but tools help, for sure. As I said recently, I [...]

Artisan Bread

I recently got the book: Artisan Breads at Home. The first bread I made was the peasant bread recipe. It was wonderful! The recipe calls for a pre-ferment, which is a cousin to sourdough. This particular pre-ferment is a biga (pronounced bee-ga). As you can see from the picture, it was dry, unlike a sourdough [...]

Carnival of Food Blogs

It’s Carnival time at Sourdough Recipe! I thought these colorful peppers would set a festive mood. Lord knows I need some bright colors with all this drab January rain. Here are a few of my favorite food sites…… Is there a better comfort food than homemade beef stew?  And winter weather demands comfort food. Check [...]

Sourdough Recipe: Sourdough French

Sourdough French bread is one of my staples. As I’ve admitted elsewhere, I’m pretty much baking bread every Saturday morning. To mix it up a bit, I like to make French bread sometimes. Man (and woman) cannot live by sourdough bread alone!) I make more French bread in the winter — we can demolish a [...]

Sourdough Recipe: Sour Potato Bread

Who doesn’t love potatoes? Here’s a great way to use leftover mashed potatoes. Make sourdough bread with them! You will need a cup of the water that you cooked the potatoes in, but otherwise no planning needed! First, in a large bowl, add 1 cup warmed up mashed potatoes 1 cup warmed potato water 1 [...]

Sourdough Recipe: Sourdough Saturday

Pretty much every Saturday morning I’m in the kitchen making sourdough bread. I call it my “Sourdough Saturday.” I use a simple recipe and for everyday bread, I have to confess — I use yeast. Here’s what I do: Friday night I put 2 cups of sourdough starter in a large ceramic bowl. 1 1/2 [...]