How to Make Sourdough Bread With No Fancy Tools or Equipment

Don’t let a lack of tools stop you from making sourdough bread. Equipment & swaps: 🤌Scale = measuring cups (a scale is the one thing I severely missed) 🤌Danish dough whisk = fork 🤌Glass bowl 🤌Plastic wrap 🤌Water mister = your hands 🤌Bench scraper = your hands 🤌Banneton = glass bowl with kitchen towel 🤌Parchment paper 🤌Bread lame = serrated knife 🤌Dutch oven = Oven-safe stockpot (roasting pan also works well) 🤌Bread knife 🤌Oven mitts 🤌Bread bags = cake stand You can do this!!! What I did: ChatGPT converted my regular recipe from grams to cups. It did a horrible job. 4 cups bread flour 1 1/3 cup water (I added 3 more splashes) 1/2 cup active starter 2 tsp sea salt Mix all ingredients with a fork. Every 30-60 minutes, pop in for a set of stretch and folds. The last round, I did coil folds instead. Let sit on the counter, covered, until it’s risen and is jiggly like jello. This took 11 hours at an average dough temp of 75F/24C. Flick water onto your surface and dump out your dough. Use your hands to coax into a taut ball. Let rest uncovered or 30 mins. Do the final shaping (I liked the double caddy clasp in this video) and put in a towel-lined glass bowl that has been lightly floured. Refrigerate overnight. The next day, preheat oven to 450F with an oven-safe stockpot inside. Score the bread with a serrated knife and put in pot with 2 ice cubes. Bake, covered, for 30 minutes. Remove lid and bake 15 minutes more. If you need more browning, put the loaf directly on the oven rack and bake another 5-10 minutes. #sourdoughhacks #sourdoughbread #sourdoughtips #sourdoughtools