I went through a big sourdough phase. I was good at it. Then I just couldn't justify spending the time on it, and the variable temperatures in my house in winter meant I couldn't get it to rise with any consistancy.

But bread is so expensive. Sourdough is nearly 10 bucks a loaf and cheap bread isn't nice. Then my son found this recipe, and yesterday I finally gave it a go.

Trust me. You wanna try this one.

Aint that a sexy loaf?

I mean LOOK at it. Doesn't it look impressive? Look at that crust. Look at those bubbles. This is a GREAT loaf of bread, and Jamie agrees it also passes the vegemite toast test.

Seriously, that's a damn good loaf of bread!

I'm not going to replicate the recipe here - just go check out the recipe on Recipe Tin Eats. I love her recipes - the complicated ones, or the ones you might be a little unsure of the steps, are accompanied by a video. Check it out here - it goes for a minute and basically runs down the whole easy process. And yes, it is THAT easy!

I had a quick conversation with Chat GTP to work out the costings. I can buy 5 kg of bread flour at the shop for $12. Blah blah blah workings out = around 90 cents per loaf.

If I say a reasonable priced sourdough is 8 dollars, then that's a savings of about 7 dollars. I can get about 12 - 13 loaves out of a bag, so that's a cost of .90 cents each! Say whhhaaaattt!!