Author: Darryl Alder

Steamed Sourdough Buns for the Lunar New Year

Today, February 12, 2021, is the beginning of the Chinese New Year. Celebrations will last for 16 days, while the pubic holiday will run February 11th–17th. Food will be part of every families’ celebration and the most popular food for this holiday is steamed sourdough buns.
These buns are made with just wheat flour, water, and sourdough. And they have been made that way for centuries.
If you want to try making Steamed Sourdough Buns this is our recipe from last year.

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100% WHOLE WHEAT SANDWICH BREAD

This whole wheat sourdough recipe from Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads is versatile enough to be baked as a sandwich loaf, a hearth bread, or rolls. This is an enriched, medium soft WHOLE WHEAT bread dough recipe, that uses delayed fermentation and will take at least two days to make. The original recipe called for baker’s yeast, but said that sourdough starters can be substituted, which is what we have done here.

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Sourdough Carrot Cake for #NationalCarrotCakeDay

February 3rd is #NationalCarrotCakeDay and is a great time to bake one using sourdough. This cake is moist and spicy, filled with chewy surprises like raisins and walnuts, and iced with cream cheese frosting.— this cake offers the chance to eat your cake and have some veggies too—both carrots and sourdough starter (or discard) make this cake a good keeper.

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