New to Sourdough? Start Here.
Whether you're starting with Frodough, a starter from a friend, or one you've created yourself, this is your roadmap to understanding your starter, keeping it healthy, and taking your first steps toward baking great sourdough.
Step 2. Learn How to Feed Your Starter
A healthy starter needs the right balance of starter, flour, and water. Feeding ratios help you control how quickly your starter peaks and make sure you have the amount you need when you're ready to bake.
Want to understand feeding ratios? Read the guide →
Step 3. Know When Your Starter is Ready
Your starter doesn't follow a clock. Temperature, feeding ratio, and the strength of your starter all affect how quickly it peaks. Learn to watch for the signs—a strong rise, plenty of bubbles, and a domed top—so you know when your starter is truly ready to bake.
Jenny's Tip: Don't bake by the clock—bake by your starter.
Step 5. Understanding Your Dough
Following a recipe will get you started. Understanding your dough is what helps you become a better baker. Learn what happens during mixing and fermentation, how flour affects your dough, and how to recognize what your dough needs along the way.
MIXING YOUR DOUGH
Learn what happens when flour, water, starter, and salt come together and why your mixing method matters.
UNDERSTANDING FERMENTATION
Learn what's happening during bulk fermentation and how to recognize the signs your dough is progressing.
Is Your Sourdough Dense?
Dense bread is one of the most common frustrations for new sourdough bakers. Learn some of the reasons it happens and what you can change on your next loaf.
Step 6. Learn to Troubleshoot
Not every loaf will turn out the way you expected and that's part of learning sourdough. Instead of seeing a disappointing loaf as a failure, learn to read the clues your bread gives you. Understanding what went wrong will help you make adjustments and improve with every bake.
Ready To Learn With Me?
Sometimes the best way to learn sourdough is to get your hands in the dough. In my hands-on sourdough classes, I'll walk you through the process step by step, answer your questions, and help you understand not just what to do but why you're doing it.
You'll leave with your own starter, a Bread and More Original sourdough loaf, an instruction guide, bench scraper, lame, and a bowl that doubles as a banneton, plus the confidence to keep baking at home.