If you are just getting started with sourdough or have been baking for a while, the right sourdough baking tools make a real difference. Not just in how your bake turns out, but in how much you enjoy the process. I learned this through trial and error with tools that frustrated me before I found…
If you’ve ever gone down the sourdough rabbit hole, you’ve probably seen the standard advice: feed your starter equal parts starter, water, and flour. A 1:1:1 ratio. Simple, clean, easy to remember. I did that too, for a while. And it works. But once your starter gets strong, that ratio just doesn’t cut it anymore….
I wanted to make oatmeal raisin cookies for my granddaughter today, but I ran straight into a question I get all the time: can you use active sourdough starter instead of discard? I had fed Janet (my sourdough starter) pretty late the night before at a 1:2:2 ratio, hoping she would be more at a…