Sourdough walnut bread

Sourdough walnut bread

This recipe for sourdough walnut bread has been updated and rewritten. For those who prefer to follow the old recipe, there is a link in the recipe notes.

As I write this, the snow falls outside the window.
Winter is here, just like it was two years ago when I first published this recipe about sourdough walnut bread.
I remember that I complained that my starter was grumpy.
It tends to be that at this time of the year.
It’s too cold, and the air is too dry.

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That’s my type of bread, I said to myself.
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