The Circle Bakery's Sourdough Workshop

Making sourdough bread is an art and can be an expression of creativity for you. It doesn't take a lot of specialized tools; you likely have many tools in your kitchen already to utilize while making sourdough loaves and keeping up your sourdough starter. 

Here are a few items I find helpful to have that are specialized for sourdough bread mixing:

• Dough Whisk
• Bread Banneton Basket - Single; Set of Two
• Kitchen Scale
• Larger Quantities Kitchen Scale
• Bench Scraper
• Dough Bin - this bin holds 2 loaves of sourdough comfortably, it's my favorite container for making small batches of sourdough because you can really see how much the dough rises due to the shape (straight sides) and measurements on the side.

There are some necessary tools needed to help you execute the bread baking process of making a great loaf of sourdough. Here are some of my baking tool recommendations:

• Lodge Cast Iron Dutch Oven
• Amazon Cast Iron Dutch Oven 
• Roasting Pan
• Instant Read Thermometer
• Heat Resistant Oven Mitts - these heavy duty mitts have been my favorites while working with the hot oven temps for sourdough
• Silicone Bread Sling - this helps save on parchment paper usage
• Bread Scoring Lame 

I am a self-taught sourdough baker; I've consumed hours of online content and read through many sourdough books. You can start in your library; in fact, I requested the first book on this recommendation list at our public library and gained so much information from it that I bought it for myself after knowing it was a book I could consistently reference! 

• Artisan Sourdough Made Simple by Emilie Raffa
• New World Sourdough by Bryan Ford
• The Perfect Loaf by Maurizio Leo
• Bread Baking for Beginners by Bonnie Ohara - this one isn't all sourdough based, but was instrumental in me learning about temperatures and the foundations of bread making

There are some helpful tools needed to help with cleaning or maintaining a clog-free drain with sourdough cleanup:

• Monthly Drain Cleaner - this has helped me unclog my drain multiple times! Recommended by my local plumber as well.r - these go over your drain to help catch all of the bits of sourdough while you're cleaning your bins.
• Sink Strainer - this helps catch all of the sourdough bits and gunk so it doesn't go down your drain.
• Bench Scraper - you received one in our workshop, but in case you want multiples or to give one to a break making friend. These are wonderful tools to help scrape your bins out.

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