This is the best jar for your sourdough starter. Its clear sides and strong construction will make feedings (refreshments) easier and cleaner.| The Perfect Loaf
How do I feed my sourdough starter? In this post, I look at how to keep your starter strong for maximum fermentation activity and flavor when baking bread.| The Perfect Loaf
Learn how to use high-protein white bread flour when making sourdough bread for an open crumb and to avoid a thick and tough crust and crumb.| The Perfect Loaf
A roundup of baking techniques to help the bread baker. Learn to shape, mix, create and maintain a sourdough starter, and more through these baking guides.| The Perfect Loaf
This is the place to begin your journey to making sourdough bread.| The Perfect Loaf
In this introduction to baker's percentages and baker's math, learn to understand bread baking formulas and how to quickly scale up and down a recipe.| The Perfect Loaf
Proofing bread dough is the critical step in the sourdough breadmaking process where the dough undergoes significant fermentation before baking.| The Perfect Loaf
My step-by-step process for baking bread dough in the home oven. Learn to bake sourdough with a Dutch oven or on a baking surface.| The Perfect Loaf
This post discusses what is a levain and how is it different from a starter, why to use one over the other, and the best way to use each.| The Perfect Loaf
A collection of sourdough starter discard recipes. Make sourdough pancakes, waffles, and so much more. Put that starter discard to use!| The Perfect Loaf
A step-by-step guide to making an incredible sourdough starter from scratch in 7 easy steps. Start baking sourdough bread at home with a new yeast starter!| The Perfect Loaf
The autolyse technique can bring many benefits to your bread dough. This post goes into how to autolyse, but also when not to.| The Perfect Loaf
A guide on the importance of dough temperature in baking bread. How to monitor, maintain, and calculate temperatures for baking consistently.| The Perfect Loaf