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From Scratch: The Beginner's Guide to Creating a Sourdough Starter and Baking Homemade Bread: Down-to-Earth Tips, Tried-and-True Recipes, and a Warm Welcome to the World of Sourdough

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From The Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Sourdough Starter and Baking Homemade Bread

Wholesome Recipes, Simple Steps, and the Joy of Real Bread

Have you ever dreamed of baking your own crusty, golden sourdough—but didn’t know where to start?

From Scratch was written just for you. This gentle, no-fuss guide takes total beginners by the hand and walks you through every step of sourdough success—from growing your first bubbly starter to pulling your first beautiful loaf from the oven.

No jargon. No snobbery. Just real advice, honest tips, and the kind of encouragement you’d get from a friend who remembers Googling “what is hooch” at midnight.

Inside, you’ll

Exactly how to create and care for a healthy sourdough starter

A no-fail, beginner-friendly sourdough recipe with simple timing

What to do if your dough is sticky, flat, or slow to rise

Easy and creative discard recipes you’ll actually want to make

A flavor guide to sweet and savory sourdough add-ins

A printable checklist, glossary of sourdough lingo, and more

Whether you're baking for your family, your friends, or your own healing heart, From Scratch invites you to slow down, learn something real, and fall in love with the process of making bread from nothing but flour, water, and time.

Let’s bake something beautiful—together.

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Published June 6, 2025

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Stephanie Yoder

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Stephanie Yoder is a girl who can’t sit still! Since graduating college in 2007 she has either been traveling or planning to travel. She’s lived on four continents and visited everywhere from the Great Wall of China to the Great Barrier Reef. She now writes and travels full time, blogging about her adventures on Twenty-Something Travel. She also tweets. A lot.

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June 1, 2025
very vague

The book didn’t give a very detailed advice as to how to create a starter, it just says take flour and water…
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