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1.5kg Bread Flour

Made from carefully selected bread-making wheat grown on local farms, this strong white flour is perfect for both sourdough and yeasted baking. From crusty artisan loaves to soft everyday rolls, it gives you steady, reliable results whether you’re baking by hand or using a bread machine.

A touch of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) helps strengthen the dough, improving how it holds gas during fermentation. That means better rise, better oven spring, and a lighter, more open crumb in your finished bake.

Danish Dough Whisk

This Danish dough whisk is extremely easy to hold, and makes mixing all your ingredients together a breeze! It has a wooden handle, and a stainless steel whisk to ensure longevity.

Using this whisk is much faster and easier than using a spoon, as it has wide spaces to let the dough push through whilst incorporating any dry flour left in the bowl.

Oval Banneton

Constructed of 100% Rattan, which is natural and sustainable, this banneton is perfect for proofing your sourdough bread. The banneton helps shape all types of bread into beautiful looking loaves, whilst also providing additional benefits. Rattan helps draw moisture from the surface of the dough, which helps achieve the crunchiest of crusts. It also comes with a linen cover that you can place over the banneton.

There are no harsh chemicals in natural rattan so your bread isn’t exposed to anything harmful compared to something like plastic. Choose a rattan banneton to create beautiful artisan sourdough bread!

Bread Lame

This lame (pronounced ‘Lahm’ which is a French word that means ‘blade’) is as a sourdough scorer - it slices the dough before being placed into a hot oven. Scoring dough helps the bread expand in the oven without the skin splitting randomly. You can even get creative with different scoring patterns in your sourdough bread!

The lame comes with 5 blades. It also has a leather cover to ensure safety when you are not using it/storing it. The wooden handle is comfortable to hold and will ensure a great score on your loaf of sourdough bread!

Dough/Bench Scraper

This plastic bench and bowl dough scraper will make handling your dough much easier. Sourdough tends to be quite a wet dough, so it’s always handy being able to scoop it up without damaging your bench (like a steel bench scraper can do if you have a delicate bench top). Dishwasher safe, it’s also very easy to clean.

The scraper also makes shaping doughs much easier. Being able to tension the skin of the dough without it sticking to the bench is a must, and the scraper handles it perfectly.

You can even use it to scrape bowls, due to its rounded edge. So many uses for a single tool!

Dried Starter Flakes

Our most important ingredient - the dried sourdough starter flakes! This is what makes sourdough, sourdough! The sourdough starter contains the wild yeast that produces bread with distinct sourdough flavours. Simply follow the instructions in the recipe (provided with the Complete Sourdough Starter Kit) or on the recipe section of the site to begin your very own sourdough starter.

No need to wait multiple weeks for a strong starter to develop, using these dried sourdough starter flakes will have your starter strong and ready to make your first loaf of artisan sourdough bread in as little as 2 days!

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Perfect little niche store

As many of my age stumbling along finding a hobby I found sourdough. What I love about this shop is the detailed but clear steps to get going. I have gone from making a loaf a week to three for all my family and now work breakfast meetings. Haven’t gone wrong once with anything yet.

Kerry Doolin

White Bread Flour

08/03/2025

Great size

Very happy with the quality of the cast iron dutch oven. Bundle & save with the Starter Kit, you won’t regret it!

Cast Iron Dutch Oven

08/03/2025

Perfect result first time

The Sourdough starter kit with slimline Dutch oven was such a worthy investment. Along with the Starter jar and Masterclass. I followed all the instructions and had the best loaf of sourdough on my first bake. It is now becoming my favourite pastime in retirement. Thanks to the team

Jane Early

Cast Iron Dutch Oven

08/01/2025

Brilliant product and service

So I bought the Masterclass package. Everything arrived quickly and was packaged very professionally. Cannot fault it. I had a few teething problems but the support from Ariane was second to none. Could not recommend this any higher. Brilliant.

Pat Sheridan

White Bread Flour

07/30/2025

Frequently Asked Questions

What is sourdough bread?

Simply put, sourdough bread is slow-fermented bread that requires no commercial yeast in order to rise. Instead, it uses a sourdough ‘starter’ – a mixture of fermented flour and water that contains wild yeast and good bacteria – to rise. While sourdough bread is made from a live fermented culture, or a sourdough starter, it also includes three main ingredients: flour, water and salt.

How to feed a sourdough starter & how often?

Once you’ve successfully created your own sourdough start you need to feed it once or twice more before using it in your sourdough recipe. A typical sourdough starter feed is a 1:1 flour:water ratio (i.e. 100 grams of flour and 100 grams of filtered water) every time you feed.

To store this starter at room temperature, you’ll need to stir the starter thoroughly, mix until smooth and then return it to its jar and cover. You’ll need to feed the starter twice a day; every 12 hours. You could push this out to once every 24 hours if it’s a cold room (although it will stay strongest if you feed every 12 hours).

When you’re ready to bake, remove the sourdough starter to bake with once it's doubled in volume and bubbly, then feed the remaining starter. At this point you can revert to your usual 12-hour feeding schedule.

For more information about how to feed your starter, check out our Sourdough Starter Recipe.

What can I do with the excess sourdough starter after feeding?

As a sourdough starter generally consists of half flour and half water, you can use your excess start in any recipe that includes flour and water - which is quite a few when you think about it. Many people use their sourdough discard in the following recipes, including pancakes, waffles, cookies, muffins, crackers, pretzels and even batter for fried chicken. So, if you’re like me and don’t like to waste a thing when it comes to baking, then you can rest easy knowing that you can lend your sourdough discard to a range of delicious recipes.

How do I store sourdough bread to keep it fresher for longer?

If you’re wondering how to keep sourdough fresh, then you should ideally store your freshly-baked sourdough loaf in a cotton bread bag, or even a tea towel, so that the bread can breathe. Store your sourdough bread in a cool place so it can maintain its moisture, but it’s never recommended to store your bread in the fridge, as it stales quicker.

Is sourdough bread healthy?

There is a lot of discussion around whether sourdough bread is healthy and the simple answer is yes. Sourdough is a more natural alternative to normal bread, as it doesn’t contain any additives such as milk, oils or sweeteners. The naturally occurring acids and long fermentation make sourdough bread more digestible and easier for the body to absorb and it’s said to have a better effect on the blood sugar and insulin levels than regular supermarket bread.

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The Founder

Hey I'm Josh, founder of You Knead Sourdough. I decided to start this little project out of a pure love of baking. I've been making lots of delicious sourdough bread and love sharing with friends and family.

I am always asked "wow, how do you do that?" and my answer is always "it's easy!". So after helping out some friends make their own sourdough, I thought I'd set out to help as many people as possible make their own delicious artisan sourdough from scratch.

I'm excited for you to join me on this sourdough bread making journey!

Happy baking!

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