Sourdough: Science, But Not Rocket Science

Very easy and uncomplicated. Made with all purpose flour, sourdough starter, butter and a little honey.

Want to birth your starter? Let's just relax and not overthink things.

Watch this one if you want to realize how flexible sourdough is, and the degree to which one can break what seem to be the Rules of Sourdough Engagement.

He's a little intense, and he really likes to measure, so this isn't for everyone. But his advice is good!

Here's news from The Department of Nothing Is Impossible!

Needless to say, you can! Here Jack rehabs a neglected starter in one day. Just remember he measures temps in Celsius!

Make the most of your sourdough starter discard with an easy, one-bowl chocolate sourdough cake. It's great with coffee and a perfect foil for ice cream, even if you don't frost it.

The absolutely best and most fudgy sourdough brownies recipe made with discard. Lots of chocolate taste and complex fermented notes.

Got fresh discard this afternoon? With some time, but not too much effort, you can have fresh cinnamon rolls tomorrow morning.

Sourdough Discard Crackers are thin, crispy with that amazing tang. An easy, no-roll recipe.

Four easy cracker/chips recipes set to relaxing music. The brownie chip one is killer.

Fabulous scallion pancake (which you can easily transform) using sourdough discard and not much else.

Another quick and easy take on the sourdough discard tortilla, from a woman with a 45-square-foot kitchen.

Not sure what to do with that sourdough discard? Here are more than 50 recipes.

Recipes that keep you from ever having to discard your discard.

You say you've never made sourdough bread? Here's your first recipe, with nicely detailed instructions.

Easy sourdough recipes of every type, perfect for beginners.

An easy sourdough loaf with a perfect crust and deliciously chewy interior.

A detailed but easy no-knead sourdough bread video.

A crusty, no-knead sourdough bread with a delightfully soft texture and deliciously tangy flavor. Super simple and tasty.

The easiest breakfast pizza is made with super quick sourdough crust, melted cheese, crispy bacon, veggies, and eggs baked to perfection.

Sourdough coffee cake is a deliciously sweet, sourdough, vanilla cake layered with a cinnamon filling and topped with brown sugar crumble.

A pretty easy and (relatively) quick German rye with no kneading or stretch-and-folds. Easily shaped, too.

Excellent oven spring is what every baker aspires to when baking sourdough bread. During my own journey of successes and failures, I’ve learned over time …

You can make any bread recipe by substituting sourdough starter for the yeast and adjusting for the flour and water in your starter. Here's the formula.

Do you really have to do a discard-and-feed on your starter before baking bread? Well, not if you're willing to take a little more time and go for a tangier taste!

An easy and flexible approach to sourdough bread, clearly explained, with video.

Does your bread recipe want you to spend a few hours stretching and folding your dough as it proofs? Here's an option that speeds the process (and is kind of fun). You can use it with any recipe.