Focus: Understanding + caring for starter Challenge: Feed & Bake with your starter once per week - Reading starter readiness - Fridge-to-dough method (Sandra’s Simple Method) - Small starter maintenance If you feel intimidated by your Sourdough starter, this will be month that you get to know your starter a little bit better to help ease some of your concerns. Introduce Your Starter: Picture? Do you have name for your starter? How old is it? Did you start it from scratch or get it from a friend? What question do you have?

I'm from Minnesota, so January is especially cold, but people also swear off carbs so January is usually slow for my bakery as well. I tend to take the month to stay inside, try new recipes, watch movies, & read books. This week I am going to be testing a Rye Wheat Sourdough. Has anyone tried it? Please share you experience.

If you are new to bread baking, it can feel like it takes forever to make a loaf of bread. That may be true at first, because you probably are checking the instructions, rewatching the videos, and second guessing yourself. However, you can save some time by dedicating a specific time to learning the new recipes and another time to the doing. While you are going through the course take notes by having a specific "baking journal" - write down the observations, process and tips & tricks in your own words. We tend to learn better when we write things down ourselves. I promise, the more you make bread, the bread baking process becomes second nature.

Hello! Welcome to Sourdough Made Simple. The community for home bakers that want to build confidence and skills in the kitchen. I am so glad that you are here! Introduce yourself, tell us how long you have been baking, and what you are looking forward to the most about this community!