Category: Beginner Guide

• Sourdough Frequently Asked Questions

  

  The most frequently asked questions all about sourdough. Ask me anything!

  Amy

  02/28/2023

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• Beginner Guide: How Temperature Affects Sourdough

  

  Throughout my years of baking bread and working with dough, I haven’t always fully appreciated how significantly temperature affects the dough. I’ve always known my rises take longer in the winter and often go faster in the summer, but only when I started working with a lot of sourdough breads did I realize how important…

  Amy

  01/28/2023

  Beginner Guide, Sourdough

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• Beginner Guide: Sourdough Discard

  

  What is Sourdough Discard? Sourdough discard is a by-product of maintaining or “feeding” a sourdough starter. When feeding a starter, flour and water are combined with some of the starter to restart the fermentation cycle, but 80% of the original starter is discarded. This process is repeated daily (or weekly if you refrigerate your starter),…

  Amy

  01/28/2023

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• Beginner Guide: Sourdough Starter and Levain

  

  Sourdough starter and levain (leaven) are both integral parts of the sourdough bread-making process. Read on for a more detailed explanation. Sourdough Starter ≈ Levain Sourdough Starter Sourdough starter is a culture of yeast and bacteria. It is continually maintained in the same way at regular intervals (daily, weekly etc.). A small bit of sourdough…

  Amy

  01/28/2023

  Beginner Guide, Sourdough

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• Beginner Guide: Sourdough Starter

  

  So you’ve decided to jump into the world of sourdough. Now what? This post will teach you all about sourdough starters and the fermentation cycle. It’s a great place to start if you are just getting started in the wonderful world of sourdough and naturally yeasted breads. If you don’t yet have a sourdough starter,…

  Amy

  01/28/2023

  Beginner Guide, Sourdough

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• Beginner Guide: What Is Sourdough?

  

  Sourdough is a method of leavening bread. As opposed to most store-brought bread, sourdough doesn’t use any commercial yeast to rise. Instead it uses a “starter” of fermented flour and water to raise bread. You can use sourdough to make just about any baked good (breads, pancakes, crepes, biscuits, crackers, rolls, cookies, etc…). If you…

  Amy

  01/28/2023

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• Dehydrating Sourdough starter: Long-Term Storage

  

  When you need to put your sourdough starter “on hold,” take a break or travel with it, follow these steps to dehydrate your stater and then rehydrate it at a later time.

  Amy

  07/01/2020

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• Essential Tools for Baking with Sourdough

  

  All the essential tools you’ll need to make a great loaf of artisan sourdough bread

  Amy

  03/25/2020

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• Beginner Guide: How to Make a Sourdough Starter

  

  Download printable to make your own starter and follow along

  Amy

  03/14/2020

  Beginner Guide, Sourdough

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