So maybe you don't have all the supplies to make a rustics out of bread, that doesn't matter.
You can still be successful with whatever you have at home.
When I first started, I started making my breads in a tiny little cooker, a little tiny oven that
was just a little toaster.
And I just cooked on a bread pan and that's how I got started.
So, you know, really, you can work with anything that you have.
So here's the overview of some different things that you could use in terms of how to make your next
best sourdough bread.
And this is what we'll be covering in our and our topic today.
So the first thing is that you can use a bread pan.
A lot of people have a bread pan already at home, and you can definitely use this to make your salad
or bread.
It just means that you're going to have to adjust the recipe because maybe 500 grams may not be enough
or it might be too much.
So you can use our calculator to figure out how much you can put into there.
The only thing is if you use a bread pan or any of the next two items, you're going to need to try
to add steam into your your oven.
When I first started, I just used the spray bottle to spray water inside the oven and on my bread.
But if you have a larger oven, you can put some sort of bread pan or baking sheet inside and fill it
up with some hot water.
Another option is a baking stone, of course.
So you could use a baking stone, which is a really great alternative to to the original supply list
that we had, which was a Dutch oven or a Kassahun combo cooker.
This will allow you to have a really hot surface to to bake your bread on.
And again, as long as you add some supplemental moisture, you can actually get a really beautiful
bread just using a baking stone.
And another option is a baking pan or cookie sheet.
So if you flip this upside down, you can use the bottom since we have one nice clean surface or if
you have a nice bread sheet, you can just cook right on the top again.
You can preheat this in the oven to get it piping hot.
This way it helps you get that oven spring.
The downside is, is that these just don't hold as much heat as a baking stone does or the Dutch oven
or the combo cooker.
So maybe this is the last option.
But again, you can still make a great bread with just a cooking machine.
The next is measuring cups.
You're never really going to get a precise recipe that you can repeat over and over again if you use
measuring cups.
Maybe once when you get a sense of how wet you like your dough, you can do it by touch and feel.
But, you know, really a scale is the best.
But you can still make great bread with measuring cups.
It's just, you know, you're going to have some variability between each time that you make it.
So you can certainly do that.
Of course, you can use All-Purpose Flour as long as the hydration of the dough isn't too high.
It you know, if you're just making a lower hydration dough like a 60 to 70 percent, you can get away
with all purpose flour and still have a great tasting bread, but still make sure you add some of that
whole wheat flour.
And because you want that whole wheat flour to provide some nutrients to the to the sour dough starter,
which you're not going to necessarily get inside the All-Purpose Flour, All-Purpose Flour also has
a lower protein content.
So you're not going to absorb as much water, you're going to get as much gluten.
But again, if you have a lower hydration dough, you know, you can still make a delicious bread with
All-Purpose Flour.
And the last thing is maybe lamb alternatives.
So maybe you don't have a double edged razor, but maybe you have a really sharp knife at home.
You can use that.
You might just want to put a little bit of water on the blade before you go and slice so you can certainly
try that.
I did use that before I was using the double edge razors and you know, it wasn't the prettiest looking
bread, but it didn't change the taste.
You can also just use a normal razor blade.
They're very sharp and they do work well.
Again, you might want to just dip it in some waters this way.
It doesn't stick to the dough as much.
And you could also use a really sharp pair of kitchen shears, though.
That would be my be my my last option if I was looking for an alternative.
So if I had a sharp knife or a sharp razor blade, I think those would be better options instead of
a double double edged razor that you may or may not have.