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Sourdough Essentials – Must-Have Tools for Home Bakers
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items Everything you need to bake delicious homemade sourdough bread, all in one place. This curated list of sourdough essentials includes the must-have tools and supplies for maintaining a healthy starter and baking beautiful artisan loaves at home.
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Flour and Salt
Dutch Oven
Accessories
Bread Toppings
Flour and Salt
Flour and salt are the foundation of sourdough. These are the best brands.
High quality flour for high quality bread
King Arthur Baking
This is another favorite flour brand. You can't go wrong with Bob!
Bob's Red Mill Unbleached All Purpose Flour 5lb
Personally I always use pink salt with my sourdough but you can use fine sea salt or table salt too.
Kirkland Signature, Pink Salt, Fine Grain, 5 lbs
Dutch Oven
Your sourdough needs a good oven to cook in. These are my picks
Le Creuset is probably the most well known Dutch oven brand. If you can afford them they are beautiful and great quality.
Dutch Ovens Shop
I have the matte version and I love it. My only complaint is that the outside has stained and I can’t clean it. Knowing this I would get a shiny finish. But I do think this is a great product at a good price point
Crock-Pot Artisan 5Qt Cast Iron Dutch Oven
Accessories
Everything in this category in my opinion is extra/nice to have. A lot of it can be substituted with things you might already have in your kitchen. If you are truly invested in sourdough, I would slowly invest.
Good starter pack. The danish whisk helps incorporate the flour very easily. You’ll definitely want the razor to put designs into your bread. And the pastry scraper comes in handy for a multitude of steps in bread making
Danish Dough Whisk Set of 3 with Scraper & Lame
I tired using regular bowls lined with parchment paper, but these just are easier and work better.
Superbaking 9" Banneton Bread Proofing Basket Set
These make getting your bread out of the Dutch oven soooo much easier. Definitely a must buy for sourdough
Silicone Bread Sling for Dutch Oven, 2PCS
I do not personally have this ,but I will one day. I have heard it makes cutting bread so easy. So stop wrestling with your 20 year old IKEA bread knife like me and get one of these.
16" Wooden Sourdough Bread Slicer Knife
Another must have for sourdough. This will get you a very fine even dusting of flour to work on.
Sugar Shaker Powdered Sugar Duster 18/8 SS
These come in handy for mixing and feeding your starter. You can use most anything but keep in mind not to use metal when mixing your starter.
2 Pack Wooden Spurtle for Sourdough Starter
Some people like to use these plastic shower cap type covers when proofing the dough. I've used them and they are convenient. I prefer using a tea towel or kitchen towel just because they are reusable.
MAQIHAN 200 Bread Proofing Bowl Covers
Super cute tea towel to use when proofing bread--bonus doubles as decor when not making bread!
Funny Sourdough Baking Kitchen Towels 16x24
If you aren't a fan of cutesy tea towels these are basic and affordable
3pk Kitchen Towels Sage Green - Figmint
These are nice to have on hand. Guaranteed there will come a day that you want to give away some bread and this is an easy way to do it.
50 Kraft Brown Sourdough Bread Bags w/ Window
Rather than using a plastic gallon bag, these are reusable and help keep your bread fresh.
2 Pack Beeswax Bread Bags 17x13 Inch Reusable
Honestly, don't buy a container for your starter. Reuse a pasta jar or any glass jar you've bought food in. Don't waste your money on a weck jar-- you don't need an airtight jar for starter, it needs air! But if you insist on purchasing something get...
32oz Vintage Glass Jars with Airtight Lids
Bread Toppings
When the hard work is done and it's time to enjoy your sourdough, these are a few of my favorite toppings.
Don't insult your homemade sourdough with bad butter, it deserves only the best.
Kerrygold Grass-Fed Pure Irish Block Salted Butter - 8oz Foil
Picture this--A little bit of butter and some of the best honey you've ever tasted on warm sourdough straight out of the oven.
Raw Wildflower Honey
This salt is the perfect finishing salt. Its flaky and crunchy. Pair it with a little bit of butter.
Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 8.5 oz Kosher
Infused salt is also delicious on top of some butter. Jacobsen's has a bunch of different flavors. I just happen to love rosemary.
Infused Rosemary Salt + Slide Tin