Sourdough Obsession
I've joined the world of Sourdough obsession. Here are all my wants and needs :D
Sourdough Supplies for Beginners
This is a pretty extensive list of items a beginner might need when they are getting started with their sourdough adventure.
While you can bake your loaves in anything you have on hand, a nice dutch oven sure helps make a decent boule.
This is what I use for my loaves, This is a much cheaper option to grab than on Amazon. I suggest 2 of them. So you can create a closed baking environment.
Forget the new pyrex, these Anchor Hocking have held up great for me, for many a sandwich loaves. Take 2 stack one on top of the other to create a closed baking environment, BEAUTIFUL sandwich loaves everytime.
A kitchen scale is almost a MUST with this adventure. If you don't have one, get one, you'll thank yourself later as you read recipes.
Not gonna lie, I thought the Danish Dough whisk was a bunch of hype, my Mom got me one and if you are choosing NOT to use your stand mixer, this is so much nicer than sticking your hands in the shaggy sticky dough LOL.
A stand mixer for sure makes the dough process way easier and some of my favorite recipes calls to use the mixed instead of my hands. And hey why not get refurbished and save big.
This little tool makes cutting straight lines for crackers so easy and gives you the little zipper edge.
Perfect loaf pan for a nice square loaf if you are jsut after sandwich slices.
Great beginners set to get your starter going.
Perfect for covering dough while proofing and also perfect for covering your bread while it cools. These get lots of use.
Perfect for washing your flour towels in. Keeps laundry fuzzies off the towels. Once they get fuzzies on them, you do not want that near your bread or dough. This keeps that from happening.
Do not bake without this, for real. Keeps your dutch oven spotless. Also great for pan cooking like bagels or pretzels.
Gotta have a cooling rack, the only way your bread will cool and the bottom won't get soggy from condinsation.
Clorine kills the yeast in starters, you should not use tap water to feed your starter. If your fridge doesn't have filtered water, and you don't want to have to buy spring water for your starter. Here is a good water filter system to make sure your ...
Great knife for not getting your hands pinched between the handle and the cutting board, gives a great angle for cutting bread.
A meat thermometer is a must, but this is for checking your bread for doneness. 200 - 205 is the ideal internal temp for a sourdough loaf, you pull it out to soon and you will have a dense, gummy inside.
A great option to wrap your personal loaves with to keep the bread fresh.
Great to keep on hand when you make to much bread, wanna give loaves away to friends, or you want to start selling.
If you are needing a mixing bowl set, this set is so pretty and a great deal right now!
My Favorite Recipes
This is a collection of recipes I have tried and succeeded at.
Couple notes, when you roll the dough into balls for the bagels, just go ahead and make your hole then, don't wait. And put each individual bagel on its own little piece of parchment paper before boiling, this makes it easy to dump the bagel into the...
These came out so good, everyone wanted seconds. Nice added touch, brush with some garlic butter right out of the oven for a nice touch on top.
These come out really good, and hold up a pretty good while. Very easy to make.
Sharing this one, but I have an altered version that doesn't use yeast, I will figure out how to share.
This is my go to very regularly, makes for a nice loaf of sandwich bread.
One of the very first recipes I tried with my discard and they came out so good, they didn't even last a full 2 days as everyone dug into them quickly.
These came out phenomenal, and were devoured by the end of the day. See my products lists for the perfect tool to cut the crackers if you can't find the round cookie cutter she recommends.
These truly were so easy to make, but note, the boiling baking soda water will splash all over your stove, be ready to wipe your stove down when you are done.
Yet another use for your sourdough discard :) and it uses up 200g of it, which is great if yo uare trying to get through a bunch.
SOOO Good and close the Red Lobsters for sure!! And the quick recipe really is so quick.
Sourdough Starters
Sourdough Starters you can order, so you don't have to try and get one going yourself.
Mail off for this FREE dehydrated starter, it revives SOOO easy and gets your baking fast.
I've heard this one mentioned a ton in the groups.
Another starter I have heard lots of mentions about.
Ingredients
This list will grow, but here is a start of ingredients you'll need along the way. Always looks for flour deals though. Stock up when you find them, you will go through flour FAST.
Unbleached is the way to go. Fairly good price for Unbleached all purpose.
Great for someone starting out, new starters love some whole wheat, it makes the yeasts quite happy.
Another flour that helps make the yeasts happy in a new starter.
A cheaper all purpose flour option that still works just fine. if you wanna feed it on a budget :)
Sourdough related Items
Any other sourdough items that don't fit elsewhere.
Just a funny sticker I made to go with my new obsession,
Another funny sticker I did about my new hobby.
Final sourdough related sticker LOL
Gotta have shirts to show off you new love.
Another cute shirt
Some humor to this adventure.
Recommended Videos to watch
Ben Starr's videos are great for beginners, you learn a ton from him about the science behind the process and also great tips.
Great video explaining starters and how to take care of them. Keep in mind she is in Canada I believe, so their temps are a bit more chill than we have in the US.
A great video for how to start a starter, filmed from day 1 until active, great way to get an understanding of the process.
Ben Starr has a bunch of easy sourdough recipes. He cuts out all the craziness and gets you results.