You do not need a kitchen full of fancy bread-baking equipment to make bread that's better than what you're bringing home from the grocery store. Flour, water, yeast or starter, salt and an oven will get you surprisingly far. But there are a handful ...
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Ingredients
Making sourdough bread starts with the 4 main ingredients but there's lots of variety here to be had
Once I got Fred started (what? don't you name your starter?) I added the sourdough starter to innoculate it more
San Francisco "Fisherman's Wharf" Sourdough Starter ...
King Aurthor Flour is not genetically modified and in today's world this is super important to our health
Ancient Grains Bread
Experiment with the first type of wheat for making bread
Einkorn Wheat Berries & Flour | Earth's First Wheat
Sometimes you just need plain yeast - not sourdough
Bread Yeast
Natural real salt Celtic Sea Salt - don't let them scare you of course there's stuff in it - you should read what's in your minicipal water.
Celtic Sea Salt®
different types off salt offer different minerals
Redmond Real Salt | Unrefined, Natural Sea Salt
Do you know what's in your tap water? It could affect your bread!
Whole House Water Filters & Filtration Systems
Tools
There are so many types of tools you can explore when it comes to making bread but I'll try to narrow it down to the main tools to get consistent loaves
Best for Making Consistent Baguettes
Best French Bread & Baguette Pans
Having a Dutch oven for bread baking is like having a tiny bread oven - through in a couple ice cubes to a piping hot dutch oven and instant steam better pan spring
The Best Dutch Ovens for Bread Baking
Bread Peel
Bread Peel – Brod & Taylor
I love these makes the whole transfer from baton to oven super smooth
KneadAce Silicone Bread Slings
The secret to keep the bread from sticking is rice flour - you're welcome
Banneton Bread Proofing Basket with Liner
Sprinkle this into your Banneton it will keep your bread from sticking and won't burn in the oven
White Rice Flour | Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods
Nothing like grinding your own flour…
NutriMill
Makes kneeding so much easier
Stand Mixers | KitchenAid US
love a glass bowl with a lid for the whole mixing, folding resting session of bread bakinng
Glass Bowl Sets
Must have… along with wet hands this will save you a ton of headache
The 3 Best Bench Scrapers of 2026, Tested & Reviewed
Danish bread whisk - works so well!
Baker's Dough Whisk
The secret of score is very cold dough and a 45 degree angle.
Bread Lame Scoring Tools | The Original UFO
Measure by weight is the best way to assure the right hydration - and hydration matters when it comes to mixing the ingredients for making bread
Food Scale
Cooling is part of the baking process - I know it's tempting but you must wait before cutting into that loaf or all your hard work will be for not.
