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  • You can see the start of the rips on top.

    My dough is cracking while it rises.

    Hi, I have been baking sourdough bread for almost a year, mostly based on the advise I have found here. From the very beginning I...

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  • Flour for starter

    Hi All. I have been trying to make a starter without much luck, and have tossed out a few attempts. I have started one with part...

  • Dry Sourdough Starter

    Hi all wondering if anyone would be able and willing to send some dried starter to help get me started... interested in...

  • Super Pumped!

    I am so thrilled with my adventure in Sourdough making and my first outcome. I had low expectations knowing how hard it can be to...

  • pinkish grey colour in starter

    I am at day 4 of beginning my starter and by the end of each 24 hr period it appears to have a faint pinky colour to it. Is this...

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  • First sourdough, slightly sticky and little rise

    Hi all, With some extra time working from home i'm now attempting to make sourdough. I have a starter which i started appx 2...

  • High protein sourdough bread?

    Hi, I’m trying to find a sourdough bread that has a high protein content after baked, due to a medical condition that is...

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  • The Tropics and Sough Dough Starter

    I have been attempting to make a viable starter but have failed. I expect the high temperatures where I live are a problem. I...

  • STRONG alcohol smell

    Hi everyone, I'm new here and on day 9 of my starter journey. It started off very slowly but after finding a warmer place for it...

  • Regarding bread advice

    Hi! I'm going to put my dough in the fridge after first rise so I can continue in the morning. my question is: do I punch it down...

  • Sourdough Bagels

    I have been experimenting with bagels, and here are the most recent batch. This is a version of Robotchef's recipe posted in Dan Lepard's...Read more

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  • Newbe

    I've just joined and am having some of the same issues with the dough not rising as much as I would have expected during proofing...

  • A Starter called Chuck Norris :)

    Hello and greetings from Dublin! Posting for the first time after joining a few minutes ago. I am new to sourdough baking but I'...

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  • 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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  • Sourdough bread moist

    hi, Ive started making bread riecently, last one is the best from all 5 I made, its crusty outside but moisty inside. Also does...

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  • 100% Barley Bread

    I used a little bit of my wheat sourdough starter to get my barley starter going because it is easier to do that than make a starter from...Read more

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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...

  • Levain build query! - First ever sourdough bake

    Hi, I am attempting my first ever sourdough bake this week. My starter is 6 days old and has some really nice activity and had it...

  • 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...

  • Experimenting with starter

    I made a starter with a little fresh pinneapple juice before, just to get it going in the beginning. This works quite well. Now i...

  • 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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  • Extra Sour Starter

    I started my starter from scratch about 10 days back. I was feeding it wholemeal wheat flour. Within about 6 days, it was looking...

  • Losing aroma intensity

    Hello Last week I recieved a sourdough starter from my aunt. It had an intense aroma (including a strong paint smell). Now after...

  • Sourdough or Ciabatta?

    Hi, A question from NZ. A new bakery has just opened nearby and has bread they call sourdough. It’s not as sour as I remember...

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