sourdough starter

Will this be a win or a groan? I don’t know but they are currently in the oven! I wanted to use up some of my sourdough discard .. and see if it would work. Why not biscuits! NOTE: I’m writing this “as we go”!! RECIPE (Preheat the oven to 425f and

I’m getting closer!!  My goal is to find a recipe that used the sourdough discard and that works for just the two of us.. and that we like, of course. My first attempt, however small that it was, passed the Rick test, so I tried again today.  I tri

Will this be my favourite sourdough starter?  [Lets_make_sourdough_starter.PNG] Let’s make some sourdough starter, together.  There are many, many different sets of directions for sourdough starters. There are wet versions, dry versions, and in-betw

I realized that my sourdough starter was starving! [Sourdough_starter_feeding.PNG] Feeding the natural yeast of a sourdough starter is vital to the process of bread-making. The Yeast  The flour that you start the sourdough starter with, as well as

Can you freeze-dry sourdough starter? Well, of course.  You can freezedry anything.  Whether it turns out okay is another story.  [Freezedried_sourdough_starter.PNG] The Experiment Rather than waste a batch of sourdough discard, I wondered what wou

My sourdough starter had gotten watery. A watery sourdough starter mens that it is hungry. According to Elaine Boddy, The Sourdough Whisperer, giving it a boost helps to bring it back to healthy. Yesterday was day one of boosting my “Mz Ella” st

Is today bread day? [Is_sourdough_starter_ready.PNG] Why, yes, I believe it is!! The Plan My goal is to make bread first thing tomorrow morning and Elaine’s basic recipe schedule is based on making bread in the afternoon … .. until you turn the pa

While in my pantry the other day I saw a jar of freeze-dried rhubarb powder and thought “how am I going to use this? What about in bread?” So sourdough bread it is - with rhubarb and parsnip powder in the flour. I made my sourdough bread as usual,