Recipes

This page is a roll-up of all my naturally leavened sourdough bread recipes, plus anything else I’ve managed to concoct in my kitchen. Below you’ll find baking recipes using fruit/nut/seed mix-ins, freshly milled flour, and recipes utilizing various grains (rye flour, Sonora wheat, spelt, khorasan, and more). If you’re looking for something very specific use the search button in the top right of the page to get right to it. Happy baking!

Baking guides:

For in-depth guides on sourdough starter creation, maintenance, storage, tips on steaming a home oven, building a dough retarder, and much more, head over to my Baking Guides page.

Sourdough starter creation & maintenance:

• 7 Easy Steps to Making an Incredible Sourdough Starter from Scratch
• How to Store a Sourdough Starter
• Sourdough Starter Maintenance Routine
• Baking Sourdough Bread with a Stiff Starter
• My Sourdough Bread with a “Young” Levain
• Managing Starter Fermentation to Produce the Best Sourdough Bread Ever

Beginner baking recipes:

• A Simple Focaccia
• Fifty-fifty Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
• Beginner’s Sourdough Bread

Mostly white flour:

• My Best Sourdough Recipe
• Baking with Josey Baker’s Stoneground Red Whole Wheat
• Country Sourdough with Less Levain & Longer Autolyse
• High(er) Hydration Sourdough Bread
• High Hydration Sourdough Bread
• A Return to Basics
• Tartine Sourdough Country Loaf Bread Recipe #33

Mostly whole grain flour:

• Fifty-fifty Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
• Ninety-Five Percent Whole Grain Sourdough
• Whole Wheat Sourdough (not 100%)
• Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread

100% whole grain flour:

• Whole Grain Wheat and Spelt Pan Bread
• 100% Whole Wheat Sourdough
• Fresh Milled 100% Whole Wheat Walnut

Ancient grain flour:

• 100% Einkorn Sourdough Bread
• Einkorn Miche
• Kamut Demi-Baguettes
• Multigrain Spelt Sourdough
• Spelt Sourdough

Rye flour:

• Rye Sourdough and Smørrebrød

Fresh milled flour:

• Whole Grain Wheat and Spelt Pan Bread
• Multigrain Spelt Sourdough
• Spelt Sourdough
• Fresh Milled 100% Whole Wheat Walnut
• White Sonora Sourdough
• 50% Fresh Milled Whole Wheat Sourdough
• Baking Sourdough with Fresh Milled Flour

Specialty ingredients (nuts, seeds & more):

• Sourdough with Roasted Potato and Rosemary (Potato Bread)
• Sour Cherry, Toasted Pecan and Buckwheat Levain
• Apricot, Lavender and Walnut Sourdough
• Seeded Sourdough
• Fresh Milled 100% Whole Wheat Walnut
• Fig and Fennel Sourdough (Plus a Little Family History)
• Natural Sourdough with Spent Beer Grains
• Golden Raisin and Fennel Seed Sourdough
• Seeded Whole Wheat Sourdough
• Walnut Cranberry Sourdough
• Tartine Olive Sourdough
• Stout Country Sourdough
• Tartine Country Sesame Sourdough
• Tartine Country Walnut Sourdough
• The Wheat Germ Experiment

Sprouted grain/cereal:

• Sprouted Grain Sourdough Bread (sprouted whole white wheat)
• Sprouted Buckwheat Sourdough

Porridge sourdough:

• Polenta and Rosemary Sourdough
• Tartine Millet Porridge Sourdough
• Oat Porridge Sourdough

Pan breads:

• Pain de Mie (Pullman Loaf)
• Whole Grain Wheat and Spelt Pan Bread
• Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread

Baguettes:

• Sourdough Baguettes
• Kamut Demi-baguettes

Specialty Bread Shapes:

• Ciabatta

Other recipes with sourdough starter:

• Whole Grain Peach, Blueberry and Lavender Sourdough Galette
• My Top 3 Leftover Sourdough Starter Recipes

Enriched & sweet dough:

• Pain de Mie (Pullman Loaf)
• Naturally Leavened Bomboloni (Sourdough Doughnuts)
• Brioche Hamburger Buns
• Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Other food:

• Seriously Soft Sourdough Pretzel
• A More Whole Wheat Sourdough Pizza Dough
• Leftover Sourdough Bread: Croutons and Breadcrumbs
• Sourdough Pizza Dough and Recipes
• Homemade Ricotta with Whole Wheat Sourdough (and Waffles)