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The Kitchn’s Baking School Day 14: All about sourdough breads.
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Different from most other breads that start with commercially packaged yeast, sourdough bread uses naturally occurring bacteria and yeast in the environment. This wild yeast creates a bread with superior texture and complex flavor — sometimes mildly sour from the bacteria or lactobacilli captured in the starters.

Whoa, hold on there! You thought sourdough was all about bread bowls and San Francisco, so what’s with all the scientific names and procedures? Don’t worry, we will get there, and it will be totally worth it!

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