Sourdough - Here We Go!

Okay, I can’t help myself. Once again I am venturing into the world of sourdough, ignoring my past neglect and resultant demise of multiple starters. My latest version is the result of saving a bit of starter after finding myself in the middle of a sourdough handoff.

Since I have yet to time the feedings to actually make some bread, I’ve used the discard to make: vegan sourdough pancakes (!), vegan chocolate chip sourdough cookies (!), and today’s adventure - vegan sourdough blueberry muffins. These are currently cooling on my countertop and awaiting their dislodging from the muffin tin and first taste.

I approached this latest baking adventure the way I find myself tackling many recipes - I find one that looks like I would want to eat it, check out the ingredients and recipe, and jump in with adaptations to - fingers crossed - make it work.

Way back in earlier cooking days, I followed all recipes to a ’T’ and rarely, if ever, deviated from the written word. I guess I have cooked enough in my adult life to venture beyond those strict guidelines and making the switch from vegetarian to vegan cooking has made me more relaxed in my approach as I tackle conventional recipes that use eggs, cow’s milk and butter to create mostly edible results - sometimes amazingly so and other times just okay.

I’m off to try a muffin. Wish me luck!

Reporting Back: Nope, I won’t try this one again so won’t share a recipe. While the muffins were cooked through, they were heavy. Definitely not what I consider a success though edible. I subbed quite a bit with this one - omitting the cornmeal, adding a flax egg and melted coconut oil instead of the applesauce and cutting down on the sugar. Meh but they’ll get eaten.

Ignore the READ MORE at the end of this blog. I haven’t figured out how to get rid of it, especially as there is no more to read.