Sourdough Part 1: Supplies

I have a neighbor who offered last summer to help anyone who wanted to start making sourdough bread. And I'm ready. So here we go.....

The following few posts will give you many ideas. Take a few, look at them all, add your own ideas - please teach me what works for you if you have time. 

Step One - get your supplies

Filtered water (I use my fridge filtered water)

Unbleached Bread Flour (25# bag of turkey white flour from Costco is best deal nearby for me)

There are some tools that assist in the process and make it fun as well. I ordered some and then returned them. But maybe you'll like the proofing baskets and razor blades. 

Whatever you decide to do, know this - sourdough is finicky and you can lose the natural fermentation height of the bread easily and be baking bricks instead of bread if you're not careful.