The Casual Sourdough Baker Posts

The Casual Sourdough Baker logoLove sourdough, but don’t enjoy all the strict (and seemingly endless) rules around baking with it? In her column The Casual Sourdough Baker, baker and blogger PJ Hamel will show you just how wonderfully stress-free sourdough baking can be, from simple but richly flavored loaves to countless easy ways to use your discard. Check back for more posts as PJ continues to share tips on no-fuss sourdough. 

 

Sourdough starter pouring from a crock

Yes, you can bake with sourdough starter straight from the fridge

Want to use cold, unfed starter to make bread? It's possible!

May 17, 2022
Loaves of sourdough Pan de Cristal cut open to show their interior

How to make Pan de Cristal with sourdough starter

Keep the gorgeous holes — amp up the flavor.

Apr 7, 2022
Merlin's Magic Sourdough Bread, sliced

The power of adding commercial yeast to your sourdough bread

A guaranteed rise in a set amount of time? Perfect.

Jan 13, 2022
Graphic showing some of our favorite bread making tools

Gifts for your favorite bread novice

The essential tools and ingredients anyone needs for making great bread.

Dec 6, 2021
Fresh sourdough starter and King Arthur sourdough crocks.

You finally got a sourdough starter. Now what?

Find out how to feed and grow it and, most important, when it's ready for baking.

Nov 8, 2021
loaf of sourdough bread

Here’s how I streamline my sourdough baking

Cut to the chase — and still get great results.

Oct 15, 2021
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Do you think you killed your sourdough starter?

Your starter hasn’t been fed in months and looks awful, but it’s OK — really.

Sep 2, 2021
The Simplest Sourdough Biscuits

How to make our simplest "1-2-3-4" sourdough biscuits

Here’s a recipe you won’t need to file (except in your head).

Aug 23, 2021
Toast with raspberry jam

A tastier toasting bread, thanks to sourdough

The secret's in the (discard) starter.

Jun 9, 2021
Yellow cake with chocolate frosting

A salute to sourdough cake

The sweetest way to use discard starter

May 10, 2021
Bacon-Chessar-Chive Scones

Take a break from boring breakfasts

These sourdough scones rise above the crowd

Apr 19, 2021
Sourdough bread

Easy everyday sourdough bread

All the flavor — none of the fuss

Feb 12, 2021
Bread machine

Sourdough and your bread machine

From sourdough bagels to crusty baguettes, your machine's not just for sandwich loaves

Jan 19, 2021
Assorted dinner rolls on pewter tray

How to make dinner rolls with discard starter

Transforming your Thanksgiving breadbasket

Nov 18, 2020
Baked apple pie

The flavors of fall: apple, pumpkin ... and sourdough

Delicious autumn recipes for your discard starter

Oct 20, 2020
Sourdough bread sliced and toasted.

Do-Nothing Sourdough Bread

Time replaces effort in this simple loaf

Sep 14, 2020