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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 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! 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.
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 $4.95 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...
Pastry Brush
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
Expert
Baker Tool
Kit $133 A $146+ VALUE! Save $13!! With
the Expert Baker Tool Kit, you'll get the San Francisco
Sourdough Starter,
the Wire-Bail Jar,
the Ultra-Sharp Razor Knife, the All-Cotton Tea Towel, the
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 Timer,
the Rada Stoneware Bread Pan that thinks it's a brick oven,
and th
Order an Expert Baker Tool Kit Now The Master Baker Tool Kit $199 A $216+ VALUE! Save $17!! With
the Master Baker Tool Kit, you'll get the basics plus
all the bells
and whistles--the San Francisco Sourdough 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! $21 plus $10 Shipping in the USA.
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Wire-Bail Glass Jar Made in Italy
This Bormioli-Rocco clear glass jar with its hermetic wire bail closure is the perfect container for protecting your sourdough starter stash in the fridge. It won't spill and nobody will throw it out 'by accident.' Plus, it's a great-looking jar! $9.99 plus $10 for Shipping in the USA.
New!!! Funnel Cup New!!!
This
wonderful new kitchen tool (toy to me) is a brilliant invention! I
wish I could give the one who thought of it a big hug. It pours
so precisely--with NO drips--you won't believe it. It has a measuring
capacity of 3 1/2 cups and is marked in quarters of cups, ounces, and
milliliters. Perfect for so many little jobs
that are a pain with a regular measuring cup that,
unless you do it reallllly slowwwwly, you drip all over the counter. This
baby is no drip! You're gonna love it!
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.
Heavy Plastic Bags that Actually Fit!!
I love these bread bags...finally a nice heavy plastic bag that will hold a long baguette or two. I couldn't give my long baguettes as gifts because I didn't have anything nice to package them in—now I do! And USA shipping is only $1!
Long Bread Bags for Your Baguettes * 18
inches long * 6 inches wide * 3½ inches
deep *
Chrome-Topped Glass Shaker
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you hate shipping charges
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 $29 and shipping will add $10 if you order just the pan, because it weighs a lot. If you get it in one of the Breadmaker Tool Kits or with other breadmaking toys, though, you'll save a lot 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.
Dough Divider, Scraper & Chopper
An Old-Fashioned
Tea Towel
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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 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.
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, 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 instant-read thermometer to determine when your wonderful
sourdough bread is done,
the amazingly efficient bowl scraper to help you clean up and a
baker's dozen of the heavy-duty long bread bags
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 $14.50 for shipping
in the USA. 
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Starter,
Jar, Razor Knife, Tea Towel, Thermometer, Shaker, Bowl Scraper,
Heavy
Plastic Bags, Dough Scraper, Starter Stirrer, the Perfect Beaker,
3.5-Quart Dough Rising Tub, the Long, Loud-Ring Kitchen Time,
the Rada Stoneware Bread Pan and the Chicago Metallic Professional
Double French
Bread
Pan,
the fabulous Bread Knife, the White Porcelain Butter Keeper,
the White Baker's Bib Apron, and the Brotform Banneton
Old World Dough Rising Basket.
An awesome assortment of baker's tools--something any baker
would love. USA shipping adds only $18.
Well,
anyway, I've owned lots of timers and they either quit working (like
the one I thought I
was in love with..............)
or their ring isn't loud enough or it doesn't ring long enough to
get my attention or they're a real pain to set and reset (You've
got it--I'm lazy too! Actually,
I call myself efficient!). Getting to the point here, I've
tried and discarded many timers, and I've finally found one that
really works for me that's also a great price too. I gave one to
my daughter-in-love and she loves it too. It
comes with a battery as well as a magnet on the back, and it's only
$6.99 plus $2 shipping.
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.