Comments on: Small Batch Baking: How to Create a Small Sourdough Starter and Bake a Small Sourdough Loaf

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:27:00 +0000

This is the best and my favorite recipe. I’d like never to be without it!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 15:37:53 +0000

In reply to Kathy. hi kathy, i’ve baked loaves with all purpose only but making a starter usually needs another type of flour :)

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:33:55 +0000

Have you don’t this recipe with regular all purpose flour ? How did it turn out ?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:55:45 +0000

In reply to Kerry.

hi kerry,
i have several suggestions but trouble shooting can be tricky. you can try baking them without the cast iron or roasting pan and seeing if they do okay on a regular baking sheet covered with something domed and heatproof. you can also change the timing – if the bottoms are getting overcooked it may be that they’re in the oven too long. or once they’re already “set” after begin baked in the dutch oven, you can carefully remove them and just bake them directly on the oven rack. i suspect that the cast iron bottom is getting too hot and causing the bottoms to get overcooked. i hope this helps! if it doesn’t, please come back and let me know what you tried and we can try to figure it out :)

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:51:55 +0000

In reply to Judi M. hi judi, it depends on how big the pans are :) how big are your pans?

By: Judi M

Judi M — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:23:06 +0000

I’ve been making at least 1 loaf of sourdough per week since I created my sourdough starter during the pandemic. I have been making the loaves in my bread maker from a recipe I found online. I would like to make some “mini” loaves to give as gifts. I can use the bread maker for the kneading and rising…but do you have a recipe for the actual loaves? (i.e., how much dough for each mini pan)

By: Kerry

Kerry — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 20:16:34 +0000

I have been using this recipe for since the original post in 2020 and I love it. It is easy to adjust and experiment with the types of flour. My only issue is the bottom keeps getting over cooked. I switched from using a roasting pan with two little loaves to a Dutch oven and same problem. I don’t have this issue with any other baking. Any suggestions?

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 17 May 2022 19:43:27 +0000

Best recipe I have found by the way! Bravo! Does it matter if I use dark or light rye flour?

By: donna

donna — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:02:29 +0000

In reply to Stephanie. thank you!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 00:57:33 +0000

In reply to Donna. hi donna, do you want to make three small loaves all at the same time then divide and shape theM? if so, just multiply all of the ingredients by 3 and then before you shape, divide the dough into three. hope that helps!