A pepperoni pizza made with Gus Mueller’s recipe and my sourdough starter, cooked in my indoor oven. Not my best shaping effort. A more interesting and chewy texture than my usual recipe, and turned out much better than my previous sourdough pizza attempt. 🍕
Today’s sourdough loaves turned out better than the last couple times, thanks to some tweaks (mainly reducing hydration). Still room for improvement, but getting there. 🍞
Last night’s pepperoni pizza, cooked in my Ooni Koda oven, made with sourdough for the first time. More chewy than usual. Not sure we liked the whole wheat component, though. 🍕
A short time-lapse GIF of sourdough starter growing (with some wheat flour mixed in; I’m preparing sourdough pizza dough). 🍞🍕
The tasty chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting that Jenn made from scratch for my birthday yesterday. 🎂
A special birthday treat for breakfast: homemade green eggs and ham. Very tasty.
Yesterday’s second attempt at sourdough bread turned out a bit better than the first time, though still a bit too much hydration, I think. 🍞
My first sourdough bread loaves were a bit disappointing… they kinda sagged (and merged), so I guess had too much hydration. Tasted fine, though not particularly sourdough-y; I gather the flavor will improve as the starter ages. 🍞
My first use of my sourdough starter: pancakes for breakfast. Turned out well, more light and fluffy than with Bisquick. Today, I’m making sourdough bread. 🥞👨🍳
It’s alive, ALIVE! It took 17 days, but my first sourdough starter has finally achieved doubling in size, and passes the float test. Now I have to figure out what to do with it. 🍞
