Archive for April, 2025

Basic Sourdough Loaf

Saturday, April 19th, 2025

There are a lot of commonalities between sourdough recipes, but everyone has their own take. For a basic loaf, here’s my favorite recipe so far. It’s adapted from Clever Carrot’s Beginner’s Guide. Basically their ingredients with my instructions. Note that this recipe requires a lot of starter, so making it means I need to double […]

Busting Sourdough Myths

Saturday, April 19th, 2025

I have long loved eating sourdough bread. A grilled cheese with sharp cheddar on sourdough is one of the best simple meals you can make. Who doesn’t like a nice loaf of fresh baked, crusty bread? I’ve made many loaves of yeast bread, but had always been too scared to make the jump to making […]

Easy No Knead Bread in Aldi Bread Oven vs Aldi Dutch Oven

Saturday, April 19th, 2025

One of the Aldi finds that usually shows up about once a year on the aisle of shame is various pieces of enameled cast iron cookware. I bought the 6qt stock pot and then later bought the bread oven. Both of them are late 2024 purchases. Recipe I used: https://www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2013/04/no-knead-crusty-artisan-bread.html