Hey all,

I’ve seen a lot of these posts pop up on my front page and it’s honestly made me want to try getting into the hobby, however I tend to jump into hobbies neck deep and drop them shortly after. Is there any way to test the waters without going down the rabbit hole? It seems like you need a lot of equipment and experience to get the best results.

Another thing is that I tend to dislike store bought sourdough as I’ve found most of it to be too tangy/sour. Do all sourdoughs taste like this, or would it be fairly easy to control when making your own bread?

Edit: sorry, I should clarify. I’m specifically talking about sourdough. I’ve baked bread before (though it’s been a long time) but most of the really good looking breads here have been sourdough.

  • fireweed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Do you have a dutch oven? There are a lot of easy yeast bread recipes out there that just require: standard oven, Dutch oven, parchment paper, mixing bowl, yeast, flour, salt. I would highly recommend that for beginners.

    I personally would stick with yeast and baking soda/powder recipes at first. Irish soda bread is another beginner-friendly recipe IMO. Save the sourdough for later (unless you really want to do sourdough, but it sounds like you don’t like it much anyway?)

    I would also add: the other route is to get a loaf pan (even a disposable one is fine) and a meat thermometer (which you should have on hand anyway, especially if you cook meat), and maybe a large wooden spoon or Danish dough whisk for stirring (but you can also use your hands).

    Baking is wonderful because there’s a lot you can do with really basic tools (it’s been around since basically the dawn of civilization!). Of all the hobbies this one is actually pretty equipment-light.