Even if this is for beginners, I’m sure I’ll keep coming back to it even as I get more sourdough experience.
This made the most perfect loaf of sourdough bread! I’ve had a starter in the fridge for a long time, but I’m terrible at planning ahead, so I feed it on occasion and bake pretty much exclusively with the discard. But I decided I wanted to really make a loaf of true sourdough and settled on this recipe, since it seemed easy. I fed my starter every 6-8 hours for a few days to get it nice and active, and once it was, followed this recipe to a T. I just sliced into the loaf and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Crusty exterior, soft and squishy interior with a beautiful crumb. Yes, it required planning ahead but all I really needed was a free Saturday evening to put the dough together so I could bake it Sunday morning. Even if this is for beginners, I’m sure I’ll keep coming back to it even as I get more sourdough experience.