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Rum Raisin Sourdough Hot Cross Buns

April 23, 2019 By Korena in the Kitchen 1 Comment

I first got into sourdough baking back in 2011 after making my own starter as part of a Daring Bakers Challenge. I loved baking with it and maintained it faithfully for almost four years, but then my schedule started getting busier and my poor little sourdough starter eventually died from neglect in the back of my fridge 🙁 I was pretty sad about it (and kind of embarrassed too – you’ll notice that I never mentioned it here until now!), but I didn’t have the time or energy to put into cultivating or acquiring and maintaining a new starter. Recently though, I’d been wanting to get back into the sourdough game (have you SEEN all the gorgeous sourdough bread on Instagram?!), so last week when a friend offered me some of her 100 year old rye starter, I jumped at the chance. I have been nursing a little glass jar of bubbling flour and water on my kitchen counter ever since and I couldn’t be happier about it! I’ve noticed that this well-established starter is more reliable and predictable than the one I made myself, which probably never quite achieved its full strength as a starter, and I’m very excited to experiment with it.

sourdough starter

See all those happy little bubbles?

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Filed Under: Bread, Recipes Tagged With: baking, bread, buns, Easter, hot cross buns, levain, raisins, recipe, rum, sourdough

Whole Grain Levain for Bread Baking Day #54

November 30, 2012 By Korena in the Kitchen 9 Comments

For a while I’ve been searching for a “country style” rustic sourdough loaf with some whole grain in it to bake as our daily bread, and after lots of trial and error, I finally settled on this formula, based on a recipe from Chez Pim. I was already planning on sharing it when I discovered that November’s theme for Bread Baking Day #54 is overnight bread, which is perfect, because this bread, being of my favorite no-knead, long-rest variety, fits right into that category.

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Filed Under: Bread, Recipes Tagged With: Bread Baking Day, food, levain, no-knead bread, overnight bread, recipe, sourdough bread, whole grain, wild yeast

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