Abigail's Oven Blog

Is Whole Grain Wheat Flour Best for Sourdough?
The answer to that question depends on what you are looking for from your bread. Of course, you can buy all-purpose flour to make a nice white loaf of sourdough...
Is Whole Grain Wheat Flour Best for Sourdough?
The answer to that question depends on what you are looking for from your bread. Of course, you can buy all-purpose flour to make a nice white loaf of sourdough...

Einkorn Ancient Grain
Einkorn is an heirloom grain—the simplest wheat of all. Among cereal grains milled into flour, it is one of the easiest to digest. Like its other heirloom cousins (emmer, spelt and...
Einkorn Ancient Grain
Einkorn is an heirloom grain—the simplest wheat of all. Among cereal grains milled into flour, it is one of the easiest to digest. Like its other heirloom cousins (emmer, spelt and...

Beware Gliadin! (Or How to Avoid it, Eat Bread,...
Good news: fermentation breaks down the gliadin protein in hybridized wheat, which has opiate-like properties and appetite-stimulating effects. This post has been moved to Martha’s new site, YourSourdoughStart.com, here: https://yoursourdoughstart.com/?p=1900 Michelle Hubbard is a...
Beware Gliadin! (Or How to Avoid it, Eat Bread,...
Good news: fermentation breaks down the gliadin protein in hybridized wheat, which has opiate-like properties and appetite-stimulating effects. This post has been moved to Martha’s new site, YourSourdoughStart.com, here: https://yoursourdoughstart.com/?p=1900 Michelle Hubbard is a...

Christmas Cut-Out Cookies Made With Real Butter
At the Alder home, for as long as I can recall, we have made cut-out cookies on Christmas Eve. This year as part of our #12DaysOfSourdoughCookies, which began on #NationalCookieDay, Day 12 featured...
Christmas Cut-Out Cookies Made With Real Butter
At the Alder home, for as long as I can recall, we have made cut-out cookies on Christmas Eve. This year as part of our #12DaysOfSourdoughCookies, which began on #NationalCookieDay, Day 12 featured...

Weight Loss and Sourdough Bread
Like many of you, I am trying to lose weight. My goal is to get back to my 40-year-old runner’s weight and while I have lost 85 pounds in the...
Weight Loss and Sourdough Bread
Like many of you, I am trying to lose weight. My goal is to get back to my 40-year-old runner’s weight and while I have lost 85 pounds in the...

PB&J Sourdough Cookies for the #SourdoughChallenge
Every evening lately, I have wanted mom’s peanut butter cookies. Sadly I never learned her recipe, but I have one that gets pretty close. However, last night I wanted to...
PB&J Sourdough Cookies for the #SourdoughChallenge
Every evening lately, I have wanted mom’s peanut butter cookies. Sadly I never learned her recipe, but I have one that gets pretty close. However, last night I wanted to...