Sourdough Books & Tools

This page looks at essential sourdough bread tools & supplies. These items will help you to create delicious sourdough bread at home.

Sourdough Starter Being “Grown” By Bread Dad

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Sourdough Cookbooks – Great recipes equal great sourdough breads! Very popular books focused on helping people to make better sourdough breads.

1. Sourdough Cookbook for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Introduction to Make Your Own Fermented Breads
2. Artisan Sourdough Made Simple: A Beginner’s Guide to Delicious Handcrafted Bread with Minimal Kneading
3. New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques for Creative Homemade Fermented Breads
4. The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More

Sourdough Bread Tools

1. Sourdough Starter – Important part of sourdough bread recipes! Sourdough starter provides the classic sourdough taste & the rise to the sourdough bread. Starter is a combination of lactic acid bacteria (the sour taste) and yeast (the rise). FYI – You can buy “dry” sourdough starter (powdered starter) and grow your own starter from scratch or you can buy live sourdough starter (already growing) to get a head start (but this is a more expensive option).
2. Sourdough Bread Kits – These kits contain many of the tools needed to create delicious sourdough bread. They usually include sourdough tools such as dough whisks, dough scrapers, proofing baskets, bread lames (scoring tools), etc.
3. Sourdough Starter Jars – These clear jars allow you to monitor your sourdough starter’s growth & health.
4. Sourdough Warmers – These are tools that keep your sourdough starter “warm”. They are essentially heating pads or devices that provide a consistent heat in order to help the sourdough starter to grow. FYI – Cold temperatures can inhibit the growth of your sourdough starter. This is especially a problem in cool winter kitchens.
5. Bread Thermometers – These digital thermometers allow you to test the internal temperature of your sourdough bread to see if it has been fully baked.
6. Dough Scrapers – Dough scrapers are tools used to scrape the bread dough off a kitchen surface (i.e. cutting board or countertop) and to slice the dough.
7. Dough Whisks – Dough whisks help you to mix flour & water together before you start kneading. Specially designed for bread dough. Also known as a Danish dough whisk or Danish whisk.
8. Dutch Ovens – Dutch ovens are used to create more “crusty” sourdough breads.
9. Lames (Bread Scoring Tools) – A lame is a professional tool used to “score” the tops of sourdough breads in order to avoid uncontrolled cracks.
10. Oven Thermometers – Oven thermometers are used to ensure that your oven has reached the right temperature called for a recipe. Many ovens are off by 20-50 degrees F and this can result in over & undercooked baking. An oven thermometer helps you to determine & adjust your oven’s actual temperature in order to meet the recipe’s requirements.
11. Proofing Baskets – Proofing baskets help to shape your sourdough bread dough (into perfectly round breads, oval breads, etc.) and the pattern of the proofing basket can be used to leave “imprints” on the dough.

Related Bread Dad Recipes

1. Bread Machine Sourdough Bread
2. Sourdough Banana Nut Bread – Oven baked

Reference Sources

1. Wikipedia, Bread
2. Wikipedia, Sourdough