Sour Dough Loveliness

Finally after years of thinking "wouldn't it be nice to make homemade sourdough," I no longer have to wish or dream. It's a reality.

I always thought sourdough was very complicated and while there are a lot of details and some planning ahead, it isn't complicated and so worth the effort.

My dear friend, Krista, shared her recipe for baking the bread at a recent class I attended, along with enough starter to get me, well, started!

I didn't ask her whether I could share the recipe with you, so I won't do that here, but there are recipes for sourdough all over the internet. My recommendation would be to ask someone you know who bakes sourdough bread to share some of their starter and walk you through the finer points.

Oh, my. So yummy!

the starter with some additional water and bread flour added

the dough, ready to rise

forgot to take a picture of this dough all puffed up and fairly falling out of the bowl!

risen loaves

baked loaves