Tips for Making Sourdough in Warm Weather

Summer is just around the corner...

If you’ve been baking sourdough for a while now, you know how much temperature affects everything related to the entire sourdough process - from starter to dough. So when the season changes, we often have to change our sourdough schedules.

Here are a few tips that can help you make sourdough in warm weather:

☀️ use cold water in your dough and to feed your sourdough starter with - this can help slow down fermentation time.

☀️ reduce the hydration in your dough - if you live in a warm, humid climate (like myself) reducing the amount of water in your recipe can help prevent over fermentation.

☀️ use less starter in your dough - this will also slow down your bulk fermentation time and help prevent over proofing.

☀️ adjust your baking schedule - if you’re used to doing your bulk fermentation over night, consider doing it during the day when you can monitor your dough and shorten the bulk fermentation time.

☀️ monitor dough’s temperature - this is is simple way to prevent over fermentation. Get a thermometer and check your dough’s temperature.

☀️ keep starter and dough in a cool place - unlike the winter when we are trying to find the perfect warm spot for our starter and dough, in the summer you want to do the opposite! Try to find the coolest spot/room in the house for your starter and your dough’s fermentation.

Hope this helps! Happy Friday Friends - sorry for the short post, my mama is in town for my daughter’s 7th birthday so things are a little hectic around here - all fun things of course.

Oh, and lots of you have reached out asking for an oven update! Exciting news is coming this week….

Have a great weekend.

Xx -Mandy