{"id":2141242,"date":"2025-05-09T03:43:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T08:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=2141242"},"modified":"2025-05-08T18:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:11:42","slug":"molly-baz-sourdough-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/molly-baz-sourdough-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Baz Wants to Make Sure Your Next Sourdough Loaf Isn’t ‘Flat as a Pancake’"},"content":{"rendered":"Molly Baz is a source of pure joy on my Instagram feed. The cook, recipe developer and New York Times<\/em>-bestselling cookbook author first came into my life via the Bon App\u00e9tit<\/em> YouTube channel. She's since moved on from BA and is now doing her own thing: publishing cookbooks, hosting a podcast and teaching us how to make sourdough<\/a>.\r\n\r\nShe's also developed a brand-new recipe to celebrate her foray into the world of sourdough baking. It's Sourdough Garlic Butter Bread<\/a>, and yes, I'm drooling.\r\n\r\nI had a chance to catch up with Molly and chat all things sourdough. I'll admit that I have always been too intimidated to try to make my own loaf! But after our conversation, I feel ready to tackle this task head-on.\r\n

How did Molly get into baking sourdough?<\/h2>\r\n\"The first loaf I ever made was dismal. Flat as a pancake. But you know what? It still tasted good,\" Molly said. \"The first few loaves were learning experiences.\" It's helpful to know that even someone as accomplished as Molly\u2014the author of two<\/em> NYT-bestselling cookbooks\u2014also struggles with overcoming sourdough mountain.\r\n\r\nFor the uninitiated, baking sourdough<\/a> is more complicated than a standard homemade loaf of bread. Sourdough requires a \"starter<\/a>,\" which is a mixture of flour and water that ferments and gives loaves that uniquely tangy, utterly delicious taste. \"A friend gifted me a bit of her very old and storied sourdough starter. It sort of spun out from there, and the next thing I knew, I was proofing multiple breads on the daily in my home kitchen,\u201d says Molly.\r\n

What are Molly's tips for making perfect sourdough bread?<\/h2>\r\nAside from having the correct bread-making tools<\/a>, here are some techniques straight from Molly to improve the outcome of your loaves:\r\n