Category: Bread

The Hydration Spiral

As you get more into making sourdough you’ll see people talking about hydration a lot. A lot. It’s something of a side-obsession in the world of sourdough. Basically, hydration is water to flour percentage. Simply put, 500g of flour(s) to 250g of water is 50% hydration. You can also...

Another Focaccia

I keep trying different things. Shoot me. Honestly, I’ve never been really thrilled with many, so I keep trying new ones I find. This one I found had a problem with measurements as it clearly needed more flour than specified — the danger of using volume rather than weight....

Corn Bread

This is shameless ‘theft’ — Bob’s Red Mill has a recipe on the back of their bag of cornmeal, but I’m afraid that one day they’re gonna change it or tweak it or remove it entirely. It works well....