From my kitchen in St. Louis
Sourdough
Starter
Kitchen
Hi! My name is Katie. And I'm obsessed with sourdough. Baking bread should be fun, forgiving, and always delicious.
The recipes
Start with these
From the blog
When your starter acts up
How to Store a Sourdough Starter in the Fridge (and Wake It Back Up)
How to store a sourdough starter in the fridge: how often to feed it, how long it keeps, and how to bring it back to bubbly before you bake.
Is My Sourdough Starter Dead? A Beginner's Troubleshooting Guide
Grey liquid, sharp smells, no rise at all. What each one actually means, the one real emergency, and the three-day test that settles it.
Sourdough Discard: What It Is, and What to Actually Do with It
Discard isn't waste, it's one of the best free ingredients in your kitchen. What it is, the rule that makes it make sense, and the cracker recipe to start with tonight.
Why this exists
My Croatian grandma never measured anything
She made the most delicious bread, and nobody ever got the recipe out of her. This site is my attempt at writing it all down, every favorite thing about sourdough and beyond, so someone, somewhere gets something tangible, both now and in the future.
I'm not a trained chef. Most of the time I'm not very good at all. That's kind of the point.
The whole storyThe book
Sourdough Starter for Starters
Everything I wish someone had handed me in January 2020: the starter, the feedings, the failures, and the bread at the end of it. Written by a self-taught sourdough enthusiast, for people who are sure they'll mess it up. You might! Bake it anyway.
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Free printable
The starter conversion chart
My starter conversion chart, all on one page. Drop your email and I'll send it over.