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Sourdough
Basics

Since we first created our own sourdough starter many years ago, the days of buying supermarket bread are long behind us. Yes, preparing sourdough requires a little patience, but the effort is genuinely rewarding! It allows us to enjoy fresh, incredible-tasting bread at home nearly every day.

Our journey initially began after reading about the ultra-processed nature of commercial bread and its potential health links. This inspired us to dive into the amazing world of sourdough. Now, we consistently enjoy the benefits of wholesome, homemade bread (and sometimes a slightly less healthy pastry!) right here in our own kitchen.

Starting a Sourdough starter

Making a sourdough starter at home is a simple process that relies on just two ingredients—flour and water. With a little patience, you can cultivate a natural culture of wild yeast and bacteria that will give your sourdough bread its rise, flavor, and character . Here’s a straightforward guide to getting started in approx. 30 days. What Is a Sourdough Starter? A sourdough starter is a mixture of flour and water that captures wild yeast and lactic acid bacteria from the envir

Sourdough the basics!

There is a common myth that baking homemade sourdough bread requires a degree in microbiology and a laboratory-grade kitchen. It is easy to get overwhelmed by talk of hydration percentages, levain temperatures, and "fed" vs. "discard" starters. But at its heart, sourdough is actually very easy. It’s a return to the basics: flour, water, salt, and the magic of natural fermentation. If you’ve been intimidated by the thought of 24-hour schedules and complicated techniques, you’r

Sourdough Bread with raisins

Sourdough bread has a long tradition of being both flavorful and naturally leavened. Once you have an active starter , the process of making the bread requires only a few basic ingredients: flour, water, salt, and time. For this recipe, we make a white sourdough bread with raisins. Find other sourdough bread recipes in the link. Image: White sourdough bread with raisins Ingredients 500 gram T65 flour (4 cups) 375 gram lukewarmwater (1 ½ cups) 75 gram active sourdough start

Home made pumpkin sunflower sourdough recipe

Sourdough Bread with pumpkin and sunflower seeds

Sourdough bread is far more than just a loaf; it’s a long-standing tradition rooted in the ancient science of natural leavening. Unlike commercial breads that rely on industrial yeast, a true sourdough relies on a wild yeast starter —a living culture of flour and water that provides that signature tangy flavor and an airy structure. While the process may seem daunting to beginners, the foundation of a great artisan loaf requires only four pantry staples: high-quality bread fl

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The Ultimate Dark Sourdough Bread

If you are looking to elevate your home baking, mastering a dark sourdough bread recipe is the next milestone. Unlike standard white loaves, this artisan bread features a strikingly deep, mahogany crumb and a complex flavor profile that balances the tang of natural fermentation with the toasted, earthy notes of roasted malt. This recipe is designed for bakers who want to move beyond the basics of sourdough and create a loaf that looks like it belongs in a high-end European

Sourdough
Discard
Recipes

While some blogs suggest frequent, large starter replenishments, we follow a more intuitive feeding schedule—meaning we only sometime have a surplus of sourdough discard! We firmly believe that this flavorful ingredient should never be thrown out; discard is a true baking superpower.

You can use it in two main ways: either actively, allowing it to act as a slow leavening agent for an overnight rise, or inactively, pairing it with baking powder to add incredible depth of flavor to quick bakes. The baking possibilities are endless. Here are our favorites:

Delicious Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

There is perhaps no pastry that better embodies warmth and comfort than the classic cinnamon roll. When baked using a sourdough starter , this beloved treat is elevated to an entirely new level. Sourdough cinnamon rolls offer a sophisticated twist on the standard recipe, trading in commercial yeast for a complex, deep, and slightly tangy flavor achieved through a natural leavening process. On the down-side, it will take a lot more time for the dough to rise. The magic of usin

Hard crunchy waffles recipe homemade sourdough

The Ultimate & Crispy Heart Waffles Recipe, sourdough style!

Are you ready to ditch those soft, spongy waffles? Today, we're going skinny, we're going crispy , and we're going heart-shaped! These aren't your grandma's heavy breakfast squares; these are the thin, crunchy, slightly tangy Sourdough-Style Hard Waffles that will make you rethink your entire brunch game. Why Sourdough Starter , you ask? It is optional, but it adds a subtle, complex tang that elevates these simple treats from tasty to delicious! Find all our sourdough starte

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Sourdough Waffles simple, tasty and fast recipe.

Once you’ve tasted these waffles, you’ll never toss out your leftover sourdough starter again. Seriously — these things are super tasty. You can use your active sourdough starter (the bubbly stuff you’d normally bake bread with) or your “discard” starter (the stuff you’d sometimes throw away while feeding it). Pro tip: keep a big jar in your fridge labeled started discard. Every time you feed your starter and have some leftovers, toss them in there. After a few days, you’ll

Sourdough banana bread

After gaining some good experience from my apple-raisin sourdough cake (inspired by the recipe by madebyellen ), I decided to experiment with other flavors. This version is inspired by the classic banana bread—made sourdough style. One of the nice things about the madebyellen recipe is that it includes 50 ml of water. Since frozen bananas contain quite a bit of moisture, I skipped the water and instead used two overripe (frozen) bananas and one fresh overripe banana. Below,

Sourdough appel-raisin cake

After baking sourdough bread for over a year, I started experimenting with other types of baked goods using the same sourdough starter. One of my favorite results is this apple-raisin cake. To make it, you’ll need an active sourdough starter. If you don’t work with sourdough yet, you can still make an apple-raisin cake using a standard recipe with baking powder, flour, and water instead of a starter. Find more inspiration to use sourdough discard in the link Image: sourdoug

Sourdough oatmeal cookies with raisins

This recipe transforms sourdough discard into delicious oatmeal raisin cookies. If you don’t have sourdough discard, you can substitute it with a 50-50 mix of water and all-purpose flour. These cookies are easy to make, flavorful, and can be adjusted for a healthier option by using a sugar substitute like powdered stevia. Don’t miss out on our other sourdough discard pastry recipes! Image: tasty oatmeal raisin cookies with sourdough discard! Ingredients for sourdough oatmeal

Breadmaking
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Others

Please accept our apologies, but we must confess that the recipes for our regular, yeast-leavened bread are not yet complete. While we have certainly experimented with making simple loaves, we haven't mastered them to a level we feel confident in sharing with you yet.

The truth is, since our homemade sourdough is consistently so delicious and satisfying, it has created an incredibly high benchmark for any other bread! It might take a little while longer to perfect and finish this section. Like a great sourdough starter, our skills need time to ripen and mature. Rest assured, we will deliver only the best bread inspiration when the time is finally right.

Bread in development

Every recipe you see on this site has been tested, tweaked, and perfected by our team of bread nerds. But when it comes to our yeast bread... well, let’s just say it’s still a “work in progress.” Right now, it’s more meh than masterpiece, so we’re keeping it under wraps until it truly earns its crust. In the meantime, did you know we’ve already got a whole lineup of sourdough recipes waiting for you? They’re bubbly, tangy, and definitely ready for the spotlight. Image: Myst