Cocoa Rye Bread in a Bread Machine We get questions about making sourdough bread in bread machines. Yes, you can. Our cookbook has many bread machine recipes and great hints. Here is a recipe from one of Ed’s books, Worldwide Sourdoughs From Your Bread Machine, that he co-wrote with Donna Rathmell. Cocoa rye is out of Germany. […]
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Gingerbread Baking soda helps to leaven this delicious b…read; no additional proofing is required. Serving Size1 Loaf Ingredients 2 cups sourdough culture 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 egg, beaten 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup white bread flour
One of the questions that we get on a regular basis is that people say their culture doesn’t bubble up to the top like our picture shows. Here is the secret…many times the cultures will activate and bubble up, then bubble down. So we miss it. One of my employees mentioned a great idea. She
A story from a customer. We think you will like this.This is just a little story I thought you might find interesting. I found it absolutely amazing, but it might not be quite as surprising to you guys.Back in the mid-90’s, being fascinated with sourdough cultures, I acquired quite a few (actually a lot) of your
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In our office we have three different kinds of sourdough bakers. We have an expert baker, we have an average baker and we have a very, very new baker. So we share tips back and forth between us all the time. Now we want to share some with you and hopefully you will share some
Selling sourdough means that you get to hear some pretty amazing stories. One of my favorite ones came earlier this summer. A younger man called saying that he was on vacation and had his sourdough starter with him. Instantly I saw in my mind a quart jar strapped in with a seat belt in the front seat
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We love input from our fellow bread bakers. Here are some instructions to build a wooden box that is collapsible. I tried to post pictures but they are not coming out. Hopefully, the directions are good enough. Just another option for a proofing box.Proofing box • Top and bottom 14 x 27 • Top and
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This is really fairly simple to do. Acquire a Styrofoam cooler large enough to go over two of your largest mixing bowls. Mine measures 20½ by 13 inches by 11½ inches deep. Discard the top which is not used. Install a porcelain bulb holder centered inside the cooler and attach a power cord to it.
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“Extra, Extra…Read All About It!” Sourdoughs International made the front page news! Star News of McCall, Idaho reported a story on Dr. Ed Wood and Sourdoughs International’s unique business of growing and making available sourdough cultures from around the world.
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Italian Sourdough They are among the best we have ever used, consistently producing fabulous breads and PIZZAS that are flavorful and can be QUITE SOUR. Giza Sourdough Starter Dough made from this culture RISES VERY WELL and is MODERATELY SOUR. South African Sourdough This is the only sourdough culture we are aware of that LEAVENS WHOLE WHEAT BETTER THAN IT DOES WHITE FLOUR, and it is therefore ideal
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