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DIY Sourdough: The Beginner's Guide to Crafting Starters, Bread, Snacks, and More

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“Enjoy delicious, nutritious sourdough family favorites such as English muffins and cinnamon raisin bread right in the comfort of your own home.” —Hannah Crum, coauthor of The Big Book of Kombucha

Real life is busy enough without having social media-worthy sourdough on your to-do list. But if your goal is to make simple, nourishing, and delicious whole grain sourdough for your whole family, then DIY Sourdough is your one-stop beginner’s guide. Coverage includes:

  • Simple sourdough recipes for breads, snacks, and more
  • The secrets to consistent results
  • Tips and tricks for homemade sourdough, including flour buying, home milling, and sourdough starter
  • Homemade bread scheduling options, including split-day sourdough recipes for making sourdough an easy part of your weekly routine.

DIY Sourdough is your personal guide to getting started with sourdough. It gives you a helping hand to succeed and offers a simple time-saving approach to make nourishing and delicious sourdough that fits into a hectic lifestyle.

“People have been fermenting grains, baking bread, and keeping sourdough starters alive for millennia using very simple, basic techniques. John and Jessica Moody bring back the simplicity by demonstrating in clear terms how a busy homesteading family, be they rural or urban, can bake a wide range of sourdough-based baked products with ease. To boot, DIY Sourdough will provide you with myriad recipes for feeding your family healthy, digestible baked products for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in-between.” —Jereme Zimmerman, award-winning author of Brew Beer Like a Yeti

ISBN-13: 9780865719200

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Publication Date: 05-26-2020

Pages: 104

Product Dimensions: 7.30(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.10(d)

The Moody family has been making traditional foods, including with grains, for over a decade. John Moody is the founder of Whole Life Services and Whole Life Buying Club and the former executive director of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. John discovered more than a decade ago that his diet was literally killing him with duodenal ulcers, seasonal allergies, and other health problems, so the family began to transition to real local foods and local food distribution. Involved with farming, food, and homesteading, John is a well-known speaker at conferences, events, and media including Mother Earth News, Wise Traditions, and Hobby Farms/Chicken Magazine. The Moody family of two old-timers and five rambunctious kids farms and homesteads on 35 acres in Kentucky.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"If you have been intimidated by the idea of fermenting your own sourdough culture, John and Jessica take all the guesswork out of the process! Step by step, they guide you through selecting the right equipment and choosing the highest quality ingredients so that you may enjoy delicious, nutritious sourdough family favorites such as English muffins and cinnamon raisin bread right in the comfort of your own home. Grab this book for your favorite fresh bread enthusiast and you may be rewarded with a homemade loaf!"
— Hannah Crum co-author, The Big Book of Kombucha

"Time to shut down your Pinterest account and get back to the basics! With the plethora of sourdough information out there, both on the internet and in books, it can be easy to get overwhelmed by this seemingly mystical process. People have been fermenting grains, baking bread, and keeping sour- dough starters alive for millennia using very simple, basic techniques. John and Jessica Moody bring back the simplicity by demonstrating in clear terms how a busy homesteading family, be they rural or urban, can bake a wide range of sourdough-based baked products with ease. To boot, DIY Sourdough will provide you with myriad recipes for feeding your family healthy, digestible baked products for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in-between. Sourdough needn't be time-consuming or complicated, but once you start trying these recipes out, you may very well want to re-open that Pinterest account to show your followers the nourishing baked goods you've been creating with ease!"
— Jereme Zimmerman author, Make Mead Like a Viking and Brew Beer Like a Yeti

"This clear, simple guide is written with humility and successfully explains why and how whole grains, and the fermented starters made from them, can become a healthy staple for breads, crackers, and more. Whole grain sourdough starters are different; they take time and care. Even those successful bakers who ferment starters using conventional flours can now convert to home-milled, whole grain starters with ease. Family bakers will benefit from the experience-driven timetables and recipes that keep the carbs coming without much of a ripple in household time management. A useful and practical book for conscious cooks."
— Jean Denney group editor, Mother Earth Living and Fermentation

"Think sourdough is just for bread? Think again! John and Jessica Moody show us how to make all your favorite grain recipes as delicious and easy-to- digest sourdough—from waffles to empanadas. Intimidated by the thought of making sourdough? Hesitate no more. DIY Sourdough takes you through the process step by step for foolproof recipes and lots of fun."
— Sally Fallon Morell president, The Weston A. Price Foundation

"DIY Sourdough is an easy to follow, practical guide to sourdough for the home baker. Perfect for beginners, it answers common questions that many books ignore, and focuses on simple recipes that are sure to become family favorites."
— Laurie Neverman founder and blogger, Common Sense Home, author, Never Buy Bread Again

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
How We Got into Sourdough
Why Sourdough?
Why Whole Grains?
Why We Recommend You Stick with Organic Grains and Flours
What You Need for Sourdough
Flour Buying Tips and Tricks
Grind Your Own Grains, Not As Hard As You Think
Grain-to-Flour Conversions
Home Milling Tips
     How Much to Mill at a Time
     Fineness
     Freshness
Why Spelt and Other Older Grains for Sourdough
Hey, Batter Batter! The Importance of Batter Consistency

1 Simple Sourdough Basics
A Simple Sourdough Schedule
     Starters Take time
How to Create Your Own Sourdough Starter
Simple Step-by-Step Instructions for Whole Grain Sourdough Starter
Maintaining Your Sourdough Starter
    Timing of Feedings and Finding Your Sourdough's Sweet Spot
    The Not-So-Uncommon Failed Sourdough Starter
    What to Do When You Need to Travel or Take a Few Days Off?
    The Need for a Backup Starter
    Waking Up Stored Starter
    Buying Starters
    Borrowing Starters

Common Problems that Cause Sourdough Consternation
Mold
House Too Hot, House Too Cold
Cross Contamination
Metal and Sourdough?
Too Sour
Not Enough Rise

2 Breakfast
English Muffins
Hell Hath No Pastry Like My Wife's Scones
Pancakes and Waffles
Pancakes
Zucchini Waffles
French Toast

3 Lunch
Breads
Irish Soda Bread/English Muffin Bread
Croutons
Crackers
    Rolling Crackers
    Scoring Crackers
Basic Crackers
    Beyond Basic Crackers
Artisan Spelt Bread

4 Dinner
Biscuits
What's the Difference Between a Biscuit, Roll, Muffin, and So Many Other Baked Goods?
Rolls
Empanadas

5 Snacks and Special Treats
Muffins
Basic Muffins
Blueberry Muffins
Cast Iron Skillet Cinnamon Rolls
Cream Cheese Frosting
Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Banana Bread

6 Resources and Sundry Matters
Kitchen Equipment
    Cast Iron
    Glass
    Stoneware
    Measuring Equipment
    Grain Mills
Online Resources
    Traditional Cooking School
    Cultures for Health
    Homemade Food Junkie

About the Authors
A note About the Publisher