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Sourdough Rolls

This is just a quick post, really. Work has been nutso lately and I have not made much sourdough bread as a result. Well this past weekend, I decided to take back my weekend and make bread! When we lived in Germany fresh rolls from the bakery around the corner and strong coffee was our [...]

A New Sourdough Bread Recipe

I have been experimenting with a new sourdough bread recipe and I think I’m ready to share it with you. Over the years I feel like I’ve tried them all with various levels of success. I like the shortcut recipes and the recipes that get clever with using up extra sourdough starter, but the best [...]

A New Scale for a New Sourdough Starter

I’ve been enjoying the joys of artisan bread making and neglecting my beloved sourdough. Oh sure I’ve made some sourdough bread. Or scones, or pancakes. Anything to use up that sour, right? I remember when I first got the artisan bread book, I noticed the whole section on sourdough. I filed that away, like when [...]

Sourdough Ciabatta

I have been having a blast making artisan bread with the Artisan Breads at Home recipe book. They have a very strict sense of sourdough and how the starter should be constructed. It is different than anything I’ve done before, but I’ve had such fun and good luck with the breads I made thus far [...]

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 [...]

Basic Sourdough Bread

I’m here to tell you: making bread is easy. I know that some of my friends just shake their heads and say “I could never do that!” But then I see them make an amazing pie crust and I think “I could never do that!” We all have mental blocks. So here’s a simple sourdough [...]

Sourdough Starter Recipes

You can find tons of sourdough starter recipes. Between books and the internet, everyone’s got an opinion. I think it boils down to commitment. How much time do you want to spend with your starter? I’ll offer you two extremes. First: the short cut way. #1 Take 2 cups of warm water and put it [...]