Sourdough
Sourdough Dried Apple Bread Recipe
Another Saturday means another sourdough bread, this one with lots of apple flavor and whole grains. Today's recipe is one of my favorites. It's just sweet enough to eat like a dessert bread, but savory enough for sandwiches. This recipe makes a very large loaf - one...
Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls
For many families, Easter morning means cinnamon rolls. Cinnamon rolls are usually made from a soft straight dough, but a few years ago I carried a Sourdough Saturday theme through a whole year, over on my defunct site, Hestia's Kitchen. Thus, I experimented with...
Sourdough Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns, full of tasty dried fruits and spices, are a long-time British Easter tradition. Although I am not British I am from New England and grew up considering many British traditions my own. Thus, I have been making hot cross buns every spring for 25 years...
The Sourdough Page
A round-up of all things sourdough: Make Your Own Sourdough Starter How to Keep Sourdough Starter Alive What Happens When You Ignore Your Sourdough Starter Reviving a Dead Sourdough Starter How to Make Rye and Other Specialty Sourdough Starters Sourdough Belgian...
Reviving a Dead Sourdough Starter
Even we obsessive sourdough lovers sometimes end up with a starter that seems to have gone into a coma. Never fear. Here is how to revive that dead sourdough starter! Have you experienced this? We get busy and before we know it two or three weeks have gone by and no...
What Happens When You Ignore a Sourdough Starter
Are you ignoring or neglecting your sourdough starter? Beware! This is what happened to me. Story of a Rogue Starter (Originally published on my old blog. I learned this lesson quickly, it hasn’t been repeated!) I admit, I’ve been a bit lackadaisical with my sourdough...
How to Keep Sourdough Starter Alive
You have lovingly nurtured a wild yeast, flour and water concoction. But how do you keep your sourdough starter alive? Lots of people who love sourdough bread don’t bother to make it themselves because they think it’s too much work to keep the starter alive. I have...
How to Make Rye and Other Specialty Sourdough Starters
So, you have been experimenting with your own sourdough breads, and have a beautiful starter bubbling away on the counter top or resting peacefully in the refrigerator. But maybe the recipe you have been itching to try calls for a rye starter or a whole wheat starter...
Make Your Own Sourdough Starter
There is something about making bread that is both very satisfying and a little bit magical. A simple mixture of flour, water and yeast – with a little abuse (kneading) and a bit of love (a warm place to rise) – turns into a nutritious, filling, food that has...
