Sour Dough Bread

For now I'm just sharing a couple of pictures of one thing I've been doing during this COVID-19 home sheltering.  They smell and taste so good! I've wanted to try my hand at making sour dough bread for some time now, but I just didn't think I had the time to make a starter. Now that I've been working from home for the past 90 days, I felt like I could take a break a couple of times during the day to tend to some starter.  I was pretty proud of myself when the mixture of water and flour started to bubble.  I patiently waited to use it since it needed at least 14 days before I could bake with it.

On about the 16th day, I tried my hand at making a round loaf in my Dutch oven.  I've made Artisan bread before in the Dutch oven and it was great. I was a little familiar with that process.  I made two loaves since the recipe I used made quite a bit of dough.  Thom and I really enjoyed the fresh bread.  My next attempt was to make a baguette.  I read quite a few Pinterest posts to get an idea of how to handle the dough, how to form the baguette, the timing for each rise and of course how to bake to get that beautiful crust.

If I get too crazy with my baking, I'm going have to try and unload a few loaves on my friends.  So, watch out!

I just had a thought!!! I need to make a tag or something that says........

"From Bonnie's Kitchen - Baked with Love"  

Let me know if you have any ideas!!!