But, before we go on this beginner’s sourdough bread recipe, let’s first take a look at what sourdough bread is. This how-to guide starts with explaining baking terms and definitions so that we will have a common vocabulary once we get to the recipe.Īnd then, each step of the process has lots of information to ensure you understand what is happening and what to do. That’s why I’ve put together this beginner’s sourdough bread tutorial and recipe-it will give you confidence as you take your first steps in baking sourdough bread from your home kitchen. Starting to make your first loaf of sourdough bread can be daunting. This recipe will give you confidence as you take your first steps in baking sourdough bread from your home kitchen. It’s such a simple thing, and yet it brought me so much joy to see my family and friends tear into a freshly baked loaf that I wanted to bake every day of every week. It was–and still is–exciting to mix such elemental ingredients and to see them produce beautiful, life-giving sustenance: it is modern-day alchemy. There was something about the whole bread-making process that I found captivating. Be sure to see the end for a complete video walkthrough of me making this recipe! My Beginner’s Sourdough Bread has a light, open crumb (interior) with a deeply-colored, crunchy crust.Īs the new obsession set in, I started making fresh sourdough bread for every meal. This Beginner’s Sourdough Bread post has several videos where I walk you through each step of the sourdough bread-making process. And you know what? We ate the entire thing. “Yeah, pretty good bread.” Only later did she fess up that it was “actually just okay, to be honest.” But all-in-all the bread had a nice rise, a crunchy and well-colored crust, and it did taste great considering it was my first loaf of any kind of bread. I folded ever-so-gently while I held my bread until, hours later, I pulled my first sourdough from the oven.

It wasn’t until I read a sourdough book cover to cover and painted it with post-it notes, highlights, and dog-eared pages that I felt ready to put my newborn sourdough starter to work.

I’d heard others talk about flat and dense loaves-dough that never rose. I was intimidated to make my first loaf of sourdough bread.

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