Category: Sourdough

  • Simple Sourdough with Whole Grain Flour

    (The “Print” feature is at the bottom of the recipe.) Whole grain flour is actually TERRIBLE for baking bread, for several reasons: -15-18% of the flour is made up of bran and germ, which have NO gluten potential. -Bran is sharp and destroys the gluten network of our bread as the bread rises, leading to…

  • Simple Sourdough with Freshly Milled Flour

    (The “Print” feature is at the bottom of the recipe.) Freshly milled flour is actually TERRIBLE for baking bread, for several reasons: -15-18% of the flour is made up of bran and germ, which have NO gluten potential. -Bran is sharp and destroys the gluten network of our bread as the bread rises, leading to…

  • Sourdough Shortcake

    How to use sourdough starter to make authentic shortcake even more amazing, in this laughably simple cake. Printable recipe at the bottom! Toys in this video: Kitchen scale (Restaurant grade, takes AA batteries or plugs in) Gravy whisk (Fastest way to incorporate starter into liquid ingredients) (I’m an Amazon associate. If you buy from one…

  • Inclusions / Additions to Simple Sourdough (Adding stuff!)

    How add inclusions to my wildly easy Simple Sourdough method. Print link at the bottom of the recipe! RELATED VIDEOS: Simple Sourdough Rethinking Roasted Garlic TOYS IN THIS VIDEO: 4 Quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven (Perfectly sized for this recipe. Black enamel on the inside, won’t discolor after years of use.) My favorite kitchen scale…

  • Sourdough Buttermilk Biscuits

    Y’all…you’ll never taste a better biscuit than this. And only fractionally more complicated than buttermilk biscuits from scratch…which is only fractionally more complicated than dealing with that HORRIBLE refrigerated cylinder of crap from the grocery store. PRINT LINK AT THE BOTTOM! TOYS IN THIS VIDEO: Perfect Pie Blender (The ONLY pastry blender I’ve ever loved)…

  • Simple Sourdough in a Hurry

    Ben Starr, the Ultimate Food Geek, shows you a “cheat” method for getting a loaf of “sourdough” on the table in 2 hours, for those occasions when guests are suddenly coming to dinner and want your famous bread, but you didn’t start a loaf yesterday. Microwave-haters…beware!!! Related videos: How to make sourdough starter.Troubleshooting Simple Sourdough…