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    Home » SOURDOUGH

    SOURDOUGH TIPS

    Welcome to the Sourdough Baking Tips section of the blog, your go-to resource for mastering the art of sourdough. Whether you're looking to perfect your sourdough starter maintenance, troubleshoot a finicky dough, or enhance your technique with methods like coil folds, bulk fermentation and proofing, you'll find expert advice and step-by-step guides here to help you achieve delicious, bakery-quality loaves at home.

    • a collage of photos showing various types of flour for sourdough in their packets or bowls, as well as sourdough starter fed one of the flours.
      Best Flour For Sourdough Beginners: Starter Feeding & Bread
    • Sourdough Starter at its peak in a glass jar with a lid and a rubber band around it.
      How To Know When Sourdough Starter Is Ready And At Its Peak
    • A collage of 5 photos of sourdoug hat different stages of making it, all of which are explained in the sourdough glossary.
      Sourdough Glossary For Beginners
    • A collage of photos showing sourdough at different stages and tools/ equipment used for that stage.
      Sourdough Equipment For Beginners: The Tools I Actually Use
    • Active sourdough starter being poured into a silicone mould for freezing.
      How To Freeze Sourdough Starter? (Complete Guide)
    • Whole sliced loaf of sourdough bread in a ziplock bag ready fro freezing.
      How to Freeze Sourdough Bread (Freezing + Refreshing Guide)
    • Rye sourdough starter being scooped out of a jar with a spoon.
      Rye Sourdough Starter: How To Make It From Scratch?
    • A collage of photos showing flour for sourdough bread, gluten strands in the dough, windowpane test being performed and a baked sourdough loaf.
      Flour for Sourdough Baking: How to Choose The Right Type
    • Sourdough bread cut in half exposing the crumb.
      Why Bake Sourdough? A Great Hobby To Start In The New Year
    • Strong Bread flour sourdough in a large bowl being stretched and folded.
      Falling Number In Flour: Why It Matters For Sourdough?
    • Folding sourdough made with strong flour with medium w index.
      W Index: Flour Strength for Sourdough Baking Explained
    • High hydration sourdough dough made with high absorption capacity flour.
      Water Absorption Capacity in Flour For Sourdough Bread
    • A collage of photos showcasing the properties of flour with varying p/l ratio.
      Understanding P/L Ratio in Flour: What's Best For Sourdough?
    • Four types of flour with different ash content pecentages on a black board.
      Ash Content in Flour: What Does It Mean For Sourdough Baking?
    • A bowlful of strong bread flour with high protein content.
      How Flour Protein Content Affects Your Sourdough From Hydration to Crumb
    • Active sourdough starter that smells like sour yogurt on a grey surface.
      What Should Sourdough Starter Smell Like?
    • Sourdough starter with medium sized bubbles on top of a coffee maker to keep warm.
      Why Are The Bubbles So Small In My Sourdough Starter?
    • Active and bubbly sourdough strater that's more than doubled within 4 hours.
      Sourdough Starter Not Doubling Within 4 Hours? How To Fix It?
    • A glass jar with sourdough starter with condensation visible on the top.
      Condensation In Sourdough Starter Jar: Is It Bad?
    • Sourdough strater jar with a rubber band on it.
      Can You Overfeed Your Sourdough Starter?
    • Sourdough bread with softer crust cut in half.
      How To Make Sourdough Crust Softer?
    • Sourdough baked in a loaf pan, sliced on a wooden board.
      Baking Sourdough In A Loaf Pan
    • A jar with sourdough starter on top of a coffee maker to keep it warm.
      How To Keep Sourdough Starter Warm During Winter
    • Sourdough inside an inverted Dutch oven.
      Baking Sourdough Bread In An Inverted Dutch Oven
    • Sourdough being stretched and folded in a metal bowl.
      Stretch and Folds For Sourdough (Technique and Benefits)
    • A collage of two pictures: one showing commercial yeast, another active sourdough starter.
      How To Replace Yeast With Sourdough Starter In Any Recipe?
    • Stiff Sourdough starter being pulled out of a jar, showing gluten strands.
      Stiff Sourdough Starter: Conversion, Ratios & Benefits
    • Sourdough bread baking in a Dutch Oven.
      My Sourdough Baking Schedule
    • A collage of photos showing stages of laminating sourdough.
      Laminating Sourdough: How & Why To Laminate Dough?
    • Active sourdough starter overflowing a glass jar partially covered with a lid.
      Runny Sourdough Starter: What It Means & How To Fix It?
    • Sourdough discard in a jar with its lid resting on the side.
      Sourdough Discard 101: Facts, Easy Recipes & Storage
    • Sourdough being stretched out for windowpane test.
      Windowpane Test For Sourdough Baking: How, When & Why?
    • A jar with sourdough starter that has hooch on top.
      Hooch on Sourdough Starter: Why It Forms & How to Fix It
    • Honey Oat Sourdough Bulk Femrneting in a mixing bowl.
      Sourdough Bulk Fermentation: Key Techniques Explained
    • A collage of photos showcasing sourdough bread loaves and baking techniques.
      10 Ways To Make Sourdough Bread Baking Exciting Again
    • A loaf of 70% hydration sourdough bread in a Dutch oven.
      Sourdough Hydration Explained
    • Sourdough in a metal bowl lined with pink tea towel used as a proofing basket alternative.
      Proofing Basket Alternatives: Sourdough Without A Banneton
    • Sourdough udergoing its final proof before baking in a proofing basket.
      When is Sourdough Bread Done Proofing and Ready to Bake?
    • Active and bubbly sourdough starter in a glass jar with a blue lid.
      How To Feed Sourdough Starter (Feeding and Maintaining Tips)
    • Active sourdough starter overflowing a glass jar partially covered with a lid.
      How To Revive Frozen Sourdough Starter?

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    Hi, I am Ieva – the cook and baker in our North Wales home. I share my life with my husband Seb, who doubles as my number-one taste tester, our golden retriever Sawyer, who’s always on crumb patrol and multiple sourdough starters. My days revolve around food—whether I’m experimenting with new recipes, tending to my veggie garden, or sneaking bites of “taste tests” (quality control, of course). Cooking isn’t just a passion; it’s my way of keeping Seb from reaching ‘hangry’ levels! Somebody HAS to feed Seb…

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