NutriMill Sourdough Tools

Great bread begins with a great starter and when it comes to sourdough starter, temperature is everything! The complex mix of microbes that cause bread to rise (and give your bread a distinctive flavor and aroma) are extremely sensitive to their environment. The Sourdough Home provides an easy way to precisely control the behavior of your starter. With degree-by-degree control from 41-122°F (5-50°C) you can maintain a consistent temperature or vary it to control the growth rate, aroma, and flavor of your bread. You can switch the temperature display from Fahrenheit to Celsius.

The inside of the proofer measures 5-1/8" x 5.5" x 7.5" which allows a 1 quart jar or two smaller jars to fit inside. Two shelves are included for flexible storage of small items.

As acclaimed sourdough baker Maurizio Leo from the Perfect Loaf blog explains in the video above "It's important that a sourdough starter is maintained in a consistent way, but the challenge there is that the temperature in your kitchen, even from one side of the kitchen to the other, can vary quite drastically... one of the great things about the Sourdough Home is that it allows you to effortlessly dial in the temperature that you want to keep your sourdough starter at."

The Sourdough Home by Brod & Taylor offers a convenient, quiet, and compact way to maintain the temperature of your sourdough starter at the exact temperature you want to keep it at, whether that's a warm environment as you're preparing to bake with it, or a cool environment if you want to store it between bakes. The Sourdough Home both cools and heats, so you have total flexibility with how often you want to feed your starter, whether that's twice a day or once a week, or anywhere in between.

Sourdough starter is a living colony of yeast and good bacteria. Like any living thing it needs to eat—just flour and water. Feeding your starter the proper ingredients at the right time is the first step in creating great sourdough bread. Using the precise temperature control of the Sourdough Home, you can adjust starter feeding times to meet your schedule.

As starter ferments and grows, it creates CO₂ bubbles that cause the mixture to rise in its container. The ideal time to feed starter is when the rise has peaked—all of its food has been consumed—and before it begins to fall again. By using a constant seed ratio (quantity of flour and water) and controlling the temperature, you can control the feeding schedule to hours, days or even a week. Use the guidelines below to get started.

In a small town in Western Massachusetts, Brod & Taylor was founded on a passion for making wholesome food from scratch. Their products transform this often challenging process into a simple pleasure by blending innovative design with simplicity, affordability, and outstanding customer support.

Use the Häussler bread stencils to create attractive designs in your bread rolls and buns. Dough stencils are made of tinned steel and have a sturdy handle. Enjoy the unique look the Haussler dough stencils give your bread!

To use, form dough into smooth 2.5-4 ounce balls. Dip dough stencil in flour or melted butter, then press firmly into dough and remove. Cover dough and let rise in warm, draft-free place for 15-20 minutes. Bake until internal bread temperature reaches 200° F, about 20 minutes.

To give your bread a stenciled look, brush dough with an egg wash, milk or melted butter, then sprinkle on poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or other seed before pressing the dough stencil in, removing it, and then proofing the rolls.

If you want to achieve a fairly flat design on top, proof the dough upside down after you press the stencil in. Just before baking, turn the dough right side up again. If you'd like to use your stencil more like a lame, leave the dough right side up to proof and the dough will expand around the pressed design.

The Star stencil is great for making Austrian Kaiser rolls, and the Swirl stencil makes beautiful Mexican Conchas.

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The durable Norpro Stainless Steel Sifter is great for sifting flour for baking pastries. The 3-cup capacity holds enough flour without making the sifter too large to handle. The mesh measures .35mm.

The Norpro silicone pastry mat is printed with measurement lines up to 15" diameter. The nostick silicone material keeps dough from sticking to the mat without the use of flour or oil. The flexible mat can also be used as a nonstick baking liner. Silicone won't retain odors and promotes even baking. Measures 19.5" x 15.5". Heat resistant up to 450° F. Dishwasher safe.

Silicone nonstick baking mat promotes even cooking and keeps food from sticking without greasing your cookie sheet or jelly roll pan. Measures 12" x 16".