Chocolate Chip, Raisin, Walnut Sourdough Bread This sourdough loaf has a few sweet surprises inside. If you've dropped by here from time to time over the last ten years you might have noticed that I have a tendency to jump into a pattern of cooking or baking according to a theme for a ... Read More

Sourdough Bread: My Master Recipe This sourdough recipe is a hybrid of my old go-to and new methods I've learned recently. It's given me wonderful and consistent results for a beautifully open crumb. Stick to one recipe and and use it until you understand it and know it well. This was ... Read More

How to Make a Sourdough Starter A homemade sourdough starter requires only flour and water and in as little as six days you can be baking bread with it. Find out how. (Image 1: All you need are flour and water to make a sourdough starter.) Here's the thing. I wanted to start this post by ... Read More

Sourdough Hot Cross Buns These sourdough hot cross buns are soft and light, loaded with fruit, spiced and lightly sweet. I call them hope on a plate. A week ago my husband pulled a muscle while working around the yard. One wrong move was enough to immediately put a stop to his daily ... Read More