Bad Bread. Good Lessons.

One person’s honest journey from sourdough novice toward consistently great bread. Failures, experiments, wins, and everything learned along the way.

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Real loaves. Real results. Real lessons.

Chocolate sourdough loaf
Fail

The Chocolate Loaf That Lied to Me

Followed the recipe’s time and temperature exactly. The crust looked perfect. The center was still wet.

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First bake sourdough loaf
WIN!

Sometimes, bread works!

This is my basic loaf. Nothing added. I did forget the salt (initially) but it all worked out okay.

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