Sourdough Baking

<p>Sourdough bread making!</p>

Troubleshooting overnight whole wheat

Hi Folks, I'm trying to follow Ken Forkish's overnight whole wheat levain recipe. It's about 30% whole wheat, 30% levain, and 80...

My first sourdough - bit of guidance please

Hi from the UK! Just made my first ever sourdough and it tastes wonderful and I believe as the starter matures it gets even...

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Not getting the rise I want...

All, I'm not experiencing the airy rise with my sourdough that I should be. I'm at altitude in Denver. Are there any tips you can...

Oops I boiled my starter

Hi everyone, I'm new to this website and hope to learn some new things about bread. This morning I was incredibly tired (newborn...

Very hard to slice, particularly at the botton

My bread comes out perfect, but slicing is difficult especially the bottom. I'm using an old cast iron dutch oven, wondering if...

Is my starter bad??

I am brand new to baking sourdough and I am making my starter. I have been feeding it daily and keeping it loosely covered on my...

Having trouble getting dough to hold its shape

70% hydration,. with bread flour. Plenty of folding to where I get a really strong windowpane. I do bulk fermentation in fridge...

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Good texture but no height to sourdough

Hello there, Apologies for the upside down photo - I can't seem to get it to be the right way up! - I'm on my third attempt at...

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Clear hooch?

I have a question about hooch. I've started my own sourdough starter, equal weights of filtered water and I bleached flour, and...

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