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San Francisco Sourdough Bread Starter
Sourdough bread is made with wild yeast instead of packaged baker's yeast. The San Francisco sour dough starter that you will receive is made up of a tiny amount of flour, the live wild yeast organisms, and another live organism called a lactobacillus, which is what creates the sour flavor in your sourdough bread. If you'll follow the detailed instructions in the printed booklet you receive with your sourdough starter, you will not only make your own homemade sourdough bread, you'll have fun doing it. The San Francisco sour dough starter also makes wonderful pancakes and waffles too. Take a look at the sourdough recipes on the Recipes page. By the way, shipping for the Sourdough Starter is free--in the USA, Western Europe, Canada & Australia, and most other places in the world too. Tell Me More Order your own San Francisco Sourdough Starter today. |
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Straight-Sided Dough Rising Buckets Alton
Brown recommends that you allow your dough to rise in a container with
straight sides--otherwise, how will you ever know when it has actually
doubled? It's all a guessing game in a mixing bowl that slopes
from very small at the bottom to w-i-d-e at the top. Just put
your dough in one of these handy buckets with a rubber band (or masking
tape) marking the top of the dough and there will be absolutely no
doubt about when
it has doubled.
Instant-Read Thermometer with Extra-Large Dial--so easy to read!
Parchment Paper
One of the great inventions for the kitchen in recent times. Nothing will stick to this stuff!! Don't know why they named it parchment paper--should've been called 'silicone paper' but that's our wonderful English language for you...doesn't always make sense. The point is that this is something else you need if you have any inclination toward baking anything--cookies, cakes, pies, bread... This is a Jumbo roll with 71 square feet of non-stick ease and it's only $6.99. It doesn't weigh much, so if you get it with other items, it usually won't add much to the shipping. If you need it by itself, shipping is $4.75 via Priority Mail to anywhere in the USA. An Ultra-Sharp Razor Knife for Making Slashes in Your Risen Loaves of Sourdough Bread
Porcelain Butter Keeper Attractive and easy
to clean...
Do you have an Oven Thermometer?
The
Incredible Tomato Slicer
I'll bet you've never seen a knife quite like this one--I hadn't. When my friend gave me mine, he told me that I wouldn't believe how it could slice a tomato, and he was right! Unlike other types of cutlery, this blade is both hollow ground and serrated on both sides. This unique combination allows you to be incredibly accurate with a remarkably sharp knife whether you are right or left-handed.
Breadmaker
Basics Tool Kit $43
Breadmaker
III Tool Kit $108
Breadmaker
IV Tool Kit $108
Breadmaker
IV-B ToolKit $103
Breadmaker
V Tool Kit $115 A $132+ VALUE! Save $17!! When you open
this tool kit, you'll find a treasure trove of goodies that will help
you make wonderful
San Francisco Sourdough Bread! The original Starter, the Wire-Bail Jar,
the Ultra-Sharp Razor Knife, the Order a Breadmaker V Tool Kit Now Breadmaker
VI Tool Kit $146 A $163+ VALUE! Save $17!! This
kit has an amazing array of the tools you need to make great
San Francisco sourdough:
the Original Starter, the Wire-Bail Jar, the Ultra-Sharp Razor
Knife, the All-Cotton Tea Towel, the Large-Dial Instant-Read
Thermometer, the Chrome-Topped Glass Shaker, the Handy Bowl
Scraper, a Baker's Order a Breadmaker VI Tool Kit Now Breadmaker
VII Tool Kit $165
A $185+ VALUE! Save $20!! With
the Breadmaker VII Tool Kit, you'll get the San Francisco
Sourdough Starter,
the Wire-Bail Jar Order a Breadmaker VII Tool Kit Now The
Ultimate Breadmaker Tool Kit $195 A $219+ VALUE! Save $24!! With
the Breadmaker Ultimate Tool Kit, you'll get the basics plus
all the bells
and whistles--the San Francisco Sourdough Order an Ultimate Breadmaker Tool Kit
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Soehnle Scale--Great Scale, Great Price This is the scale you need if you're a baker. Bakers know that ingredients, especially flour, need to be measured by weight rather than volume. And the Soehnle Scale makes it easy as, well, pie.
One of the best things about this scale is the 'tare' feature. Turn it on, put a bowl on it and then push the on-tare-off button. Poof! The scale goes back to zero and will weigh whatever you put into your bowl exactly--without your having to subtract the weight of the bowl by hand. I love it best for weighing flour and brown sugar--especially brown sugar. I hate measuring it and packing it, so, since I know that a cup of brown sugar, light or dark, weighs 7 ounces, I don't have to pack it down and spill some and clean it up. A cup of flour weighs 5 ounces. Sleek and light, the Soehnle shows weights in hundredths of ounces and in single grams. I love the precision of this one. And the price is an unbelievable $39.99! Plain Old Pastry Brush
Make Your Own Breadmaker Tool Kit If none of the Breadmaker's ToolKits I've put together gives you what you want, then you can put together your own custom kit and get exactly the tools you need and not pay for the ones you already have in your kitchen. Just go to the Make Your Own Toolkit Page and you'll find out how to get what you want, without paying for anything you don't want--especially extra freight charges. And always, if you have questions, just email me, and you'll get an answer--a promise I keep!
The Brotform Bread Rising Basket
A Really Good Timer If you're anything like I am, you have
to have a timer--actually two or three of them--in your kitchen. If
I didn't have mine, I'd always let the butterbeans boil over (what
a mess they make) and worse
yet, I'd burn my beautiful sourdough bread.
Wire-Bail
Glass Jar Made in Italy
Heavy Plastic Bags that Actually Fit!!
I love these bread bags...finally a nice heavy plastic bag that will hold a long baguette or twoand a large one that will hold several loaves. I couldn't give my long baguettes as gifts because I didn't have anything nice to package them in—now I do! And the large bags are great for giving also or for storing several loaves in the freezer. And USA shipping is only $1! Long Bread Bags for Your Baguettes * 18
inches long * 6 inches wide * 3½ inches
deep * Large Multi-Purpose Bread Bags * 20 inches long * 10 inches wide * 3½ inches deep * 2 mils thick * Plasticized wire ties included * Gusset makes bags extra roomy * One bag holds several round loaves or an entire pie or cake * Chrome-Topped Glass Shaker
Chicago Metallic Double Long Loaf Form
Shape two long loaves of Italian or French Sourdough in thiswonderful pan. It's lifetime non-stick and the tiny holes allow the heat of your oven to circulate. Any serious breadmaker needs one of these! $22.00 plus $8 Priority Mail Shipping in the USA.
Stoneware Bread Pan Made of unglazed stoneware, this pan is like the ovens used by professional bakeries to provide an even baking temperature and a perfect crust for your wonderful homemade San Francisco Sourdough Bread. It measures 5- 1/2 by 9 inches on the inside and holds 7 cups. It's dishwasher safe so you can use it for baking meatloaf, casseroles, cakes and quick breads as well as your own San Francisco Sourdough Bread. The price is $26 and Priority Mail Shipping will add $9.50 if you order just the pan, because it weighs a lot. If you get it in one of the Breadmaker Tool Kits though, you'll save a lot on the items and on the shipping.
The Fabulous Bread Knife San Francisco Sourdough Bread is so crusty you need a special bread knife to slice through the thick crust without damaging that wonderful crumb. And it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to get it! Only $11 plus $2 for shipping in the USA.
An Old-Fashioned
Tea Towel
Dough Divider, Scraper & Chopper
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you hate shipping charges
Need Express Mail? It's already calculated and available on the credit card shopping cart for the Breadmaker Tool Kits and a couple of other items. If you want something shipped Express Mail that doesn't have the option on the cart, just order it and then email me and I'll tell you how much extra it will be and charge your card if you like. |
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for only $11.99 for the 6-Quart size and $9.99 for the 3.5-Quart. Plus,
it comes with a tight-fitting lid, which expands its uses to great refrigerator/freezer
storage for just about anything! I use mine when I make homemade soup or
chili in a big batch (doesn't take much more time with all the stuff
out and the kitchen messy). And then, when I don't want to cook,
I just just nuke it and sit on the deck instead of cooking. And
remember, if you order more than one item, the freight goes way down.
Here's
a picture of my old thermometer alongside the new one with the large
dial. I'd love it even if I didn't wear bifocals! In addition,
I was surprised when I compared this 'old fashioned' analog instant-read
thermometer with one of those new digital ones. I'm all about
new kitchen tools, but in this case, the digital is in the drawer. This
one reads temps twice as fast as the fancy one that needs a battery. Go
figure! Anyway, it's nearly impossible to tell when a loaf of
sourdough bread is ready to take out of the oven without one of these. If
you already have one, then use it! Or, if yours has a small little
dial that's hard to read, get this one anyway. A loaf of bread
is done when its internal temp is between 200° and 210° F. This
therm is included in all of the breadmaker kits. By itself, it's
$10 with only $1 shipping. 
Loaves
of unbaked bread that are fully risen are delicate and need a very
sharp edge and a gentle hand to slash them without having a 'deflate!' This
little knife, with its snap-off blade sections, is the perfect tool
for the job. If you save it for only cutting bread dough, it
will take it a long time to become dull, but when it does, you just
snap off the end and voila! a brand new sharp edge. You'll
love this little gadget for other tasks in your home, so maybe you
should order two, since the price is right and the shipping is FREE!! $2.99
with Free Shipping.
Keep
your butter fresh, soft and sweet without refrigeration in the
Porcelain Butter Keeper. The French have known this wonderful
secret for years. Now you can always have soft, spreadable
butter for your homemade sourdough bread. And the price is
right at only $9.99.
If
you don't, you probably should have one. Do you know if your
oven's thermostat is accurate? Even if your it's brand new,
your ove's thermostat could be off as much as 50° F.
You'll know when this little thermometer goes into your oven. Then,
when you bake, you'll get much more predictable results. $6.99
plus $1 shipping.
Everything
that's in the Breadmaker Basics ToolKit, plus you
get the Unique handmade Starter Stirrer, the multi-tasking Dough
Divider /Scraper Chopper, The Perfect Beaker, the Loud Ring Timer,
and the 3.5-Quart Dough Rising Bucket,! $95+ value
in 14 great tools for only $85 plus only $12.50 for Priority
Mail Shipping in the USA. 
Everything
that's in the Breadmaker II Tool Kit plus you'll
receive the 10" Bread Knife, the 71 square foot roll
of never-stick Parchment Paper and the indispensable Oven Thermometer.
17 great tools and a $120+ value for only $108 and only $12.50
for Priority Mail Shipping in the
USA.
Having the right tools for the
task is essential to every artist or craftsman and baking that crusty
San Francisco Sourdough Bread is no exception: In this baker's
tool kit, you'll get the original San Francisco sourdough starter,
the detailed instruction booklet and recipes, the Wire-Bail Jar for
protecting your stash in the fridge, the crinkly all-cotton tea towel,
the ultra-sharp razor knife for slashing your delicate risen dough,the
pastry brush, the chrome-topped glass cornmeal shaker for coating
your baking sheet or stone, the large-dial instant-read 
This
kit is the same as The Breadmaker IV-A above, the only difference is
that instead
of the Chicago Metallic Double Bread Pan, you get the
Rada Stoneware Loaf
Pan (the one that thinks it's a brick oven except
you can put it in the dishwasher). 
All-Cotton
Tea Towel, the Large-Dial Instant-Read Thermometer, the Chrome-Topped
Glass Shaker, the Handy Bowl
Scraper, a Baker's Dozen of the Long, Bread-Shaped Heavy Plastic Bags,
the Dough Divider/Scraper, the handmade Starter ll 
Stirrer,
the Perfect Beaker, the 3.5-Quart Rising Tub, the Kitchen Timer that actually
works
and the Chicago Metallic Professional Bread Pan. In addition, in this
kit you'add the fabulous Bread Knife and the Porcelain Butter Keeper
to your kitchen toy box. You'll really enjoy using all of these great
kitchen helpers--I guarantee it! Priority Mail Shipping in the USA which
takes only about three days to arrive at your door adds $15.
,
the Ultra-Sharp Razor Knife, the All-Cotton Tea Towel, the
Large-Dial Instant-Read Thermometer, the Chrome-Topped
Glass Shaker, the handy Bowl Scraper, a Baker's Dozen of the
Long, Bread-Shaped Heavy Plastic Bags, the multi-tasking Dough
Divider/Scraper, the unique handmade Starter Stirrer, the Perfect
Beaker that's beautiful in addition to being efficient, the
3.5-Quart Rising Tub, the Long- Loud-Ring Kitchen 
Chicago
Metallic Professional Double Bread Pan, the fabulous Bread
Knife, the White Porcelain Butter Keeper, and the White Baker's
Bib Apron. An awesome
assortment of baker's tools--all in one neat package. Priority
Mail shipping in the USA adds $18.
Starter,
Jar, Razor Knife, Tea Towel, Thermometer, Shaker, Bowl Scraper,
Heavy
Plastic Bags, Dough Scraper, Starter Stirrer, the Perfect Beaker,
3.5-Quart Rising Tub, the Long, Loud-Ring Kitchen Time,r the
Rada Stoneware Bread Pan and the Chicago Metallic Professional
Double
Bread
Pan,
the fabulous Bread Knife, the White Porcelain Butter Keeper,
the White Baker's Bib Apron, a Baker's Dozen of the Large,
Heavy-Duty Multi-Loaf Bread Bags, and the Brotform Banneton Old World Dough Rising
Basket.
An awesome assortment of baker's tools--something any baker
would love. USA Priority Mail shipping adds only $18.
If
you cook or bake or even grill,
then you need to have a pastry brush
in your kitchen drawer--because it's for much more than pastry. But
you need one especially when you want to make beautiful as well as
great-tasting San Francisco
Sourdough
Bread. For some reason, bread made with a sourdough starter is
notorious for not browning as well as breads made with conventional
packaged yeasts, so an egg wash is more necessary with sourdough. This
handy little multi-tasker comes in all of the breadmaker kits. By
itself, it's a mere $3 with $1.50 added for shipping if you don't
need anything else.
I
must have half a dozen of these handy shakers in my kitchen cabinet--I
keep them full of flour, powdered sugar, cornmeal, grated Parmesan,
kosher salt, freshly ground (in an extra coffee grinder) black pepper,
red pepper flakes or whatever. They make it easy to shake a little
of what you need in a controlled area. They're glass, not plastic,
so they're pretty enough for the table too. And the price is
reasonable at $3.99. One of these comes in every kit, but if
you want it by itself, shipping is just $2.50.
If
you've baked with sourdough, you know how sticky and clingy it
is--much, much more so than any other kind of dough. It's
stiff and thin enough to scrape a bowl far better than any spatula--and
it's flexible enough to
curve to the shape of the bowl. It won't replace your spatulas--but
this is one tool you're going to thank me for--I just know it. This
handy little tool is also a multi-tasker. I use it all the
time to 'scrape' up onions or peppers that I've chopped--just like
its cousin, the metal Bench Knife/Dough Divider/Scraper. Plus,
you'll probably like the price too. Can't
get much that's really useful and doesn't wear out these days for
$1.99,
but that's
all you'll pay--and in the USA, you get free shipping to boot. What
a deal! 
An
all-cotton towel is much more efficient for covering rising dough
than plastic wrap--it won't stick to the dough and it's so much
easier to put on and take off that that blasted plastic wrap that
gets wrinkled or sticks to itself. And that's not even mentioning
that cotton recycles itself in the washing machine--no plastic
to throw away--or the fact that that's what my Grandma Nana used
to cover her rising loaves of homemade light bread. $3.99
with free USA shipping.