Beginning Simply

The question is on every struggling newbie baker’s mind – How can I get better oven spring?  How do I get that perfect ear? Why are my loaves coming out flat? Well, here are your answers!

Overproofing your sourdough can be a big problem for newbie bakers – or anyone who doesn’t yet understand how sourdough works (I was still struggling with this 2 years into my baking process!)

What is the perfect bake? Are you trying to figure out why your loaves keep burning or wondering how to get more oven spring? Are you lost in all the conflicting advice about baking temperatures and methods?  Do you prefer hard crust or lightly crispy crust? We all like our sourdough slightly different, but there…

Have you ever had a question about your bread and you asked someone knowledgeable what was going wrong, and they told you “I’m not sure.  There are just too many variables”? Oh, my goodness! ME TOO! So, I made it my personal mission to figure out all the variables and how exactly each of them…

I know, I know, you want perfect sourdough bread. So do I. So does everybody! We could sing its praises all day – but we don’t need to – because you already know, that’s why you are here! In all the comments on all the message boards in all the Facebook baking groups out there,…