My neighbor and I have talked about getting together to teach each other our passion projects for over a year now. Well, today was the day. She and her sister joined me in my baking studio for an afternoon of sourdough baking. We used a very basic recipe and practiced shaping, scoring & baking a sourdough loaf. In between the process we mixed up a new batch and talked about fermentation. They took dough home in buckets to bake with tomorrow, a few borrowed tools, instructions and their freshly baked loaves from today. It was a sweet, rewarding afternoon and they were both so pleased with themselves! Kudos to @Henry Hunter from Crust & Crumb Academy for the great beginner recipe!

This bread is “Your First Sourdough Loaf” by @Henry Hunter. I used it for my little class today. This was my loaf made alongside of my students. It is 100% KA bread flour and has 65% hydration. It was such a great dough to work with and very forgiving in the end…

These are two plain sourdough and a Pane Siciliano with black sesame seeds subbed for the white. I used a coarse durum wheat that I already had, I threw it into the Vitamix and blended to a fine consistency

I made the Pain aux Noisettes and can't tell if it's under fermented or this is how it is supposed to be. Next time I would make the figs small and add more of them. Please give me a score please. It does taste good.

It's been a minute since we've had a Wide Open Wednesday. This is a chance for you to share anything you want. It doesn't need to be sourdough or baking related but certainly can be. As school wraps up, it is making me nostalgic for summer vacation! Wouldn't it be nice to once again toss that bookbag on the floor full of Trapper Keepers and binders bursting with dog-eared papers and scribbled notes and that suggested summer reading list that you'll probably forget about until Labor Day? Long days, warm nights, family trips, and not a school bus in sight! SUMMER! So, what's on your mind?