Book by Susan Sam (Author) - This Sourdough Cookbook: For Beginners Made Easy Step by Step. - Contains a variety of traditional Sourdough recipes. - Each recipe has a simple step that can be easily followed. - You will find Sourdough cooking interesting and happy. - Your hands will make a deep impression on your family and friends. - Sourdough is a bread made by the fermentation of dough using wild lactobacilli and yeast. Lactic acid from fermentation imparts a bitter taste and improves keeping qualities. - The preparation of sourdough will get started with a pre-ferment (the "starter"), a fermented mix of flour and water to drink, containing a nest of organisms including wild candida and lactobacilli. The purpose of the beginner is to make a vigorous leaven and develop the taste of the breads. The starter must become fed 4 to 12 hours before being added to dough, by merging flour and water to the starter. Number of Pages: 106 Dimensions: 0.22 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: October 23, 2022