To prepare country bread, first refresh your sourdough starter. Wait 4 hours (1) and transfer it to a large bowl (2). Pour 325 ml (11 fl oz) of water into the bowl that contained the starter (3). Stir ...

A traditional French bread from King Arthur Flour. "You could make this bread, and no other, for the rest of your baking career, and never feel cheated," they write. "It uses the sponge, or poolish, ...