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Give your sourdough a healthy start―a sourdough cookbook from the creator of Breadtopia

Sourdough bread is iconic for its crispy crust, airy and springy crumb, and unique tangy flavor―and it all begins with a fermented, yeasty concoction called a starter. While the process may seem extensive, The Sourdough Cookbook for Beginners, brought to you by the owner and creator of Breadtopia, will show you how easy it can be to whip up a delicious array of artisanal sourdough breads with just a few ingredients, simple tools, and a little bit of patience.

This sourdough cookbook pairs simple instructions with tutorial photos, covering the first 6 days of bringing your starter to life and helping it thrive. Explore the science of how sourdough starters make bread rise along with how to prep your kitchen, plus tips and tricks you may have seen on Breadtopia. Then, try your hand at dozens of crusty artisan-style breads, flavored pan loaves, pastry, pizza, and even unique baked goods you can make with the leftover starter!

This sourdough cookbook includes:

Fresh start―With advice straight from Breadtopia, explore a walkthrough of making, feeding, storing, and reactivating starters, as well as what factors can influence fermentation and flavor.Knead-to-know―This sourdough cookbook provides a complete walkthrough of bread baking, plus beginner recipes, a handy glossary, and troubleshooting tips for every step.On the rise―The recipes in this sourdough cookbook, including some of the best from Breadtopia, progress from a Basic No-Knead bread to a more difficult Chocolate Babka so you can expand your skills as you go.

Enjoy the sweet smell of sourdough success with the The Sourdough Cookbook for Beginners.

From the Publisher

Create a happy, healthy starter:

A fresh start

Get a walkthrough for making, feeding, storing, and reactivating starters—including the influence of temperature, hydration, and more.

Bread baking 101

Find a complete guide to bread baking, plus beginner recipes, a handy glossary, and troubleshooting tips for every step.

On the rise

Hone bread-making skills as you progress from a Basic No-Knead bread to a difficult Chocolate Babka or Pasta made with Italian wheat.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Callisto (August 11, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 180 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1646118103
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1646118106
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.44 x 9.25 inches
Reviewer: Karla Buck
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent cookbook
Review: This cookbook is fantastic! It gives great direction at the beginning of the book for starting your own starter- very informative. But even if you already have a starter, the recipes are great!! I have made several of the recipes & all of them have turned out delicious!! Great sourdough cookbook

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Book -
Review: This book is very informative, accessible, well-organized. Definitely gives you the confidence to dive-in! If you want something that gets you on the track to start the sourdough journey, this is it!

Reviewer: Cher
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sough dough
Review: Nice book lots of step by step instructions.

Reviewer: elizabeth miles
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It's for beginners
Review: My daughter is newly interested in sourdough cooking.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Yummy tummy recipes
Review: Has many great recipes. If you love sourdough? You need this book

Reviewer: Deborah G.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is just what I needed.
Review: The book is phenomenal. Easy to read and understandable. Fantastic pictures and easy, yet detailed so anyone interested in sourdough bread should purchase this book. I bought the paperback version and can’t put it down. I’ve got my starter ready and can’t wait to try one of the recipes. Happy baking everyone!

Reviewer: Mindy
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: mmmmm, Not sure if it’s the book or if it’s me
Review: I’m not totally sold on this book nor am I totally turned against it. I’m making sour dough starter for the first time and it’s proving difficult. This book calls for unbleached flour but doesn’t mention anything about using whole wheat or rye flours that some other sources have mentioned. I find that using a whole wheat flour gets more action during the fermentation process and doesn’t produce a product that is as liquid as using all purpose flour. Not sure why this isn’t mentioned if these authors are such pros.I also attempted to make my first loaf of sour dough bread. It was okay, but not great. I’m thinking that either my starter isn’t ripe enough or they don’t call for enough starter in their recipes. I’ve seen recipes that call for a lot more.

Reviewer: Mim 52
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good purchase
Review: Arrived as expected. Easy to understand, very descriptive

Reviewer: Fran Burgon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I have experimented with a lot of sourdough cookbooks. This one has great recipes, but more importantly ones that work. I am thoroughly enjoying it!

Reviewer: Beverley Oakes
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I don’t think that you can really get into this book via kindle !

Reviewer: ClaudiaInJapan
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: ..this book truly is a big disappointment to me, because it has barely a pictures !! On 165 pages you find exact 6 pictures of bread that relate to a recipe!! So, its a text collection of breads for beginners that have a strong imagination!! This is so disappointing . Why is it called a book for BEGINNERS then when there is no visual support? For me, photos of the results of the recipes in a cooking or baking book play the most important role. I don’t want to have to imagine or google first, what the bread or the result should look like in the end. All over the world, optics play a major role in food. What does the food look like on the table. Presentation matters. You eat with your eyes too. And a picture says a lot more than words. We all know these phrases and I always ask myself who are these authors who put together a bland „cookbook“ whose content consists only of text and which is not at all inviting and appealing?! And Why are they not making a nice book out of it , full of colorful invitations to start out immediately? They ARE people of creativity, thats for sure, because they make food!Its so sad and therefore I can not recommend to buy it. I wish I would have known before. I would never buy a baking book without pictures if I knew it in advance. Never. The biggest help for a beginner aside of correct measurements IS A FOTO! And yes, its about bread, but not all breads look the same. So a baking book without fotos is boring to me. Ask yourself…even when you google a recipe, you will look at the Foto first, right?

Reviewer: Maree Bentley
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Took me back to the basics of making sourdough.

Reviewer: John Lake
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I followed instructions but baking did not work out.