The Beginner's Guide to Sourdough
Best-Kept Secrets for Successful Bread Every Time
Published on 16. September 2025
Book
Hardback
256 pages
979-8-89003-316-1 (ISBN)
Description
Discard your worries with this ultimate beginner's guide to sourdough baking! Sourdough enthusiast Amy Coyne has harnessed her decade of experience and compiled her best tips, tricks, and customizable baking schedules in this collection of 50 family-friendly recipes. With long-form bakes containing step-by-step photos and QR codes linked to video tutorials, anyone will be able to make sourdough without breaking a sweat.
Organized to optimize success, each chapter allows you to master a different element of sourdough:
- Kick-start your journey with everything you need to know on starter.
- Craft your first sourdough loaves with confidence using approachable bakes like Easy Crusty Sourdough or Soft Rosemary Bread.
- Conquer artisanal favorites from Everything Bagel Loaves to Chocolate Cherry Sourdough.
- Bake delicious everyday sandwich loaves like Fluffy White Sandwich Bread and Honey Oatmeal Sourdough.
- Shape savory showstoppers from Classic Dinner Rolls to Sourdough Garlic Knots.
- Master stiff-levain treats like The Best Cinnamon Rolls, Caramel Pecan Monkey Bread, or Raised Sourdough Donuts.
- Never let anything go to waste with clever discard recipes.
Whether you want to take a crack at your first starter or broaden your bread baking repertoire, Amy has created a one-stop shop for beginning or continuing your sourdough journey.
Organized to optimize success, each chapter allows you to master a different element of sourdough:
- Kick-start your journey with everything you need to know on starter.
- Craft your first sourdough loaves with confidence using approachable bakes like Easy Crusty Sourdough or Soft Rosemary Bread.
- Conquer artisanal favorites from Everything Bagel Loaves to Chocolate Cherry Sourdough.
- Bake delicious everyday sandwich loaves like Fluffy White Sandwich Bread and Honey Oatmeal Sourdough.
- Shape savory showstoppers from Classic Dinner Rolls to Sourdough Garlic Knots.
- Master stiff-levain treats like The Best Cinnamon Rolls, Caramel Pecan Monkey Bread, or Raised Sourdough Donuts.
- Never let anything go to waste with clever discard recipes.
Whether you want to take a crack at your first starter or broaden your bread baking repertoire, Amy has created a one-stop shop for beginning or continuing your sourdough journey.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Essex
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
50 Photos
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 182 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
772 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-89003-316-1 (9798890033161)
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E-Book
09/2025
Page Street Publishing
€20.99
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Person
Amy Coyne is a recipe developer who has been baking sourdough for over a decade. She is the creator of Amy Bakes Bread, where she shares her sourdough tips and recipes. She currently resides in Kentucky with her family.