The Best Sourdough Baking Supplies for Home Bakers
You’re ready to get started sourdough baking, but you’re not quite sure where to start? No problem! I will share with you all the sourdough baking supplies that you will need to become a sourdough baker! No need to go buy all of these supplies all at once. Take time to invest in quality items over time that will help you simplify your sourdough process and improve your baking results. Invest in these sourdough tools as you can, and enjoy the process as you start your sourdough journey!
Sourdough Starter Essentials
There are a few basic items you will need to get started baking sourdough bread, specifically how to get a good, strong sourdough starter going. These items will help get you get off on the right foot so you actually have good experience right from the start!
- Glass jars: You can use a mason jar, weck jars, old jelly jars. Just make sure they are glass containers. I prefer a wide mouth glass jars because it’s easier to stir your starter.
- Digital kitchen scale for accurate feeding: I tried to make do without a kitchen scale when I first started out in the world of sourdough, but it’s just the perfect tool to get consistent loaves each time.
- Silicone or wooden spoon: You will probably already have this. Just make sure not to use metal. I love using one that has a long handle for when you use a larger jar.
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Mixing & Proofing Tools
If you want to take your sourdough bread baking to the next level, these items are very handy in making the process smoother and more efficient with more consistent results! These will help you as you mix your dough, during the bulk fermentation process, and while you proof your dough overnight.
- Good mixing bowls (glass, ceramic, or stainless steel): Having a good mixing bowl that is big enough to hold enough dough for two loaves. I also love these cambro containers so you can watch your sourdough as it rises.
- Danish dough whisk: This is so great to have when you mix your sticky sourdough.
- Bench scraper or bench knife: Great for cutting and shaping bread, and also for cleaning your counters.
- Proofing basket (bannetons): These are for your overnight fermentation in the refrigerator.
- Tea towels or dish towels: Handy to have for covering your dough while it rises in your mixing bowl.
Baking Equipment
- Dutch Oven: Having a nice dutch oven to bake your loaves in really improves your bakes! When you have the budget, this is the piece of equipment I would invest in first to have consistent bakes.
- Loaf Pans: These are great for making sourdough sandwich bread.
- Silicone bread sling for Dutch oven: These are so helpful in lifting your dough and bread in and out of a hot Dutch oven if you are wanting something reusable in place of parchment paper.
- Bread lame or sharp razor blade for scoring: I have tried both and really both work equally well.
- Bread knife: Having a sharp knife to slice your bread is handy when serving your bread.
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Optional But Helpful Extras
- Digital Thermometer: This is handy to have to check the internal temperature of your bread.
- Banneton liners: These making clean up a breeze. Flour tends to get stuck in the bannetons, so having liners you can take out and wash is so nice.
- Bowl covers, jar bonnets, or plastic shower caps: I love these for my sourdough starter and for covering my bowl while my sourdough bread rises. These elastic food cover are washable and the colors in the pack are so pretty.
Storage & Extra Supplies
- Bread bags or linen bags for storage: These are so nice to have when storing extra loaves.
- Bread box for counter storage: This will keep our sourdough loaves fresh and make them stay fresh longer.
- Plastic dough scraper: This is so handy for scraping bread dough out of bowls after bulk fermentation, and also for cleaning counters after shaping sticky dough on your work surface.
- Kraft bread bags: These are wonderful for gifting! Loaves of sourdough bread make perfect gifts!
- Sourdough Starter Kit: I added this kit because it is great for getting started in your sourdough journey.
Where to Buy Sourdough Baking Tools
You can buy your supplies in a number of places:
- Restaurant Supply Stores
- Amazon
- Antique Shops: I love using old glass jars, vintage stoneware bowls & crocks, wooden bread knives, etc.
- Etsy
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Final Tips for Accumulating Your Sourdough Baking Supplies
The best thing you can do when you start baking sourdough is to buy a digital scale right away but then start adding all the right tools over time. There is no need to go spend a ton of money right away. Just start with the basics, and then start adding quality items as you can. Don’t be afraid to make do with what you already have on hand. Once you start baking sourdough bread, it sneaks up on you and becomes a hobby! It starts becoming fun to add new supplies here and there. I would love to hear about your favorite sourdough tools in the comments!
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