Barry Bakes Bread!

Recipes, tips, tricks, and all the things I have learned about sourdough, natural fermentation, and other fun food finds for friends and family

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Yet another blog about sourdough?

Maintaining Your Starter and Preparing to Bake

So, you have been feeding your starter every day for the last five days. Good for you! But you don’t have to feed it every day.  Here’s how I keep my starter. You will need: Your starter (called the Mother) Clean wide-mouth pint jar with a lid Your trusty chopstick Filtered water and Whole Wheat…

Let’s Bake Some Bread!

I have watched 100s of hours of YouTube videos (thanks, pandemic) and visited dozens of websites to put my bread recipe together.  You may find something else you like, but this is mine.  This is almost entirely following the formula on this site:  https://bread-magazine.com/sourdough-bread-recipe/  Jarkko Laine has quite a bit to say on the topic…

Maintaining Your Starter / Preparing to Bake

So, you have been feeding your starter every day for the last five days. Good for you! But you don’t have to feed it every day.  Here’s how I keep my starter. You will need: Your starter (called the Mother) Clean wide-mouth pint jar with a lid Your trusty chopstick Filtered water and Whole Wheat…