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items My Sourdough MUST haves that I use every week!
This is a great starter jar/kit! Pick a starter jar that is wide, all the sides and top are the same size and doesn’t get smaller at the top (like your typical mason jar). It will be easiest for scraping and cleaning on a wide jar.
Sourdough Starter Jar
This is a great set as it has an oval and round proofing basket, along with other helpful accessories.
Banneton baskets / Starter kit
I find mixing in a clear bowl vs ceramic is easier because you can see the bubbles in your mix.
Clear Bowls
My favorite bread flour to use!
King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour 5 lb
A small food scale is a must for me and sourdough baking! Make sure you get one that measures in grams.
Food Scale
Although most starter kits come with a dough whisk, my whisk from my original starter pack broke immediately. I bought this whisk with a lifetime warranty to avoid that in the future! Fortunately, I have not had to use the warranty 🤞🏼
Dough Whisk
Great, simple, inexpensive food thermometer to temp your bread and better help with bulk fermentation.
Food Thermometer
For proofing in between stretch and folds, on the counter or in the fridge! A must have!
When I started my sourdough journey I used kitchen towels to place over my dough when it was proofing and I ruined several kitchen towels that then became “sou...
Disposable Shower Caps
Great for dusting countertops and loafs!
Flour Sifter
The Aliquot Method is a method that uses small plastic containers to better temp bulk fermentation and estimate appropriate bread rise. These are the containers I use and they work great!
2 Oz Containers With Lids
Dutch ovens come in all shapes, sizes, and price points. A Dutch oven is also not a MUST have in sourdough baking, there are many different ways to bake a loaf of bread but it is important in my opinion and most helpful to beginners. You don’t need t...
Dutch Ovens: Home & Kitchen
These are the loaf pans I use for baking sourdough bread loafs. They work great!
Bread & Loaf Pans
I think this knife is so much easier to cut with than a normal bread knife. I use my regular bread knife the my initial cut down the middle and then use this knife for the rest. I love it!
Sourdough Bread Knife
I found this book extremely helpful when I was getting started on my sourdough journey, and still keep it on a cookbook stand in my kitchen for easy access.
The Perfect Loaf: Craft & Science of Sourdough
I use these wax bread bags to keep my fresh bread on my counter, longer. Up to a week!
Beeswax Bread Bags
I turn my cold proofed bread onto parchment paper, score and into the Dutch oven it goes. I also put rice at the bottom of my Dutch oven to keep the bottom from burning and place a non-stick cooking pan on the shelf below my Dutch oven to help with n...
Parchment Paper
Great to place around your kitchen strainer and prevent sourdough starter from going down your drain. You do NOT want to let sourdough starter or remnants go down your drain, as it hardens and can cause plumbing issues.
Kitchen Sink Strainer Mesh Bag - 200 PCS