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Sourdough Starter Metric and US Equivalents

Posted on August 5, 2020August 5, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Need to measure your sourdough starter but don’t have a scale? Have a recipe you’ll like to convert to US cups? Use these conversions.

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Sourdough Discard Pizza: How to Sourdough-ize a Recipe

Posted on June 17, 2020August 15, 2025by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Many recipes are suitable for adding sourdough discard to—quick or yeast breads, muffins, tortillas, focaccia—and this pizza dough.

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Call the Midwife of Microbes

Posted on May 25, 2020May 27, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Is your sourdough starter sluggish? Your ginger beer jinxed? Your kombucha capricious? Apply to get a diagnosis via Instagram Live.

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Sourdough Discard Vegan Carrot Cake

Posted on May 6, 2020June 17, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau
frosting a sourdough carrot cake in the pan with coconut buttercream frosting

If you’ve adopted a pet sourdough, you’ll need to find recipes for the discard you accumulate from feedings. This carrot cake makes your discard disappear.

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Quick Vegan Chocolate Cake with Sourdough Discard

Posted on April 27, 2020November 11, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
sourdough discard vegan chocolate cake

Whether you’re new to sourdough or you’ve baked it for years, you can likely use another recipe for your discard, especially one for an easy chocolate cake.

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Is My Sourdough Starter Dead? Your Starter Dilemmas Addressed

Posted on April 15, 2020September 18, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
sourdough starters in glass jars

Need help coaxing your sourdough starter to life? What can you do with all the discard? And what is a levain? Learn the answers to these questions and more.

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How to Bake Sourdough Bread Without the Expensive Tools

Posted on March 29, 2020February 9, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Don’t let a want of fancy tools squelch your dreams of baking delicious sourdough bread. You may have most of the gear you need.

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Hunkered Down During COVID-19? Make Something.

Posted on March 14, 2020March 14, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Millions of us will stay hunkered down at home during COVID-19, either out of necessity or precaution. Now seems like a great time to learn a new skill.

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Sourdough Vegan Pancakes

Posted on February 19, 2020May 3, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

If you start a sourdough starter, you’ll want to find ways to use up the excess. These 5-ingredient vegan sourdough pancakes call for an entire cup of unfed sourdough starter.

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