The Southworth Sourdough Story

Welcome to Southworth Sourdough! My name is Audrianna, I am the founder, and baker! I love a good bread pun, though most of them are pretty crumby! I am a wife and mother, and the kitchen is my favorite place to be! 

Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved baking. I loved it, but I never felt that I was good at it, or that I was smart enough to do it "correctly". I was afraid to try making bread, because I didn't want to kill the yeast. I didn't understand how it worked, therefore I was knew I would fail and as a perfectionist, I just didn't try. Fast forward a few years, I am married, and very pregnant with my third child and I had spent over a year researching sourdough, and bread science, but I was still hesitant to try. Then suddenly the world shut down because of a global pandemic, and store shelves were empty and yeast became a commodity. I watched on social media as hundreds of people tried to create their sourdough starters. I delivered my baby, and I began to struggle with postpartum anxiety. Life felt so out of control and I desperately needed something to keep my mind busy and center my soul. Enter: Sourdough. I was ready, and I dove in. It took me one whole month to get my starter fully active. But after baking my first two loaves I was hooked. All I wanted to do was bake bread. After months of perfecting my process, I began to feel an unrelenting call to teach. I knew that more homes, and more parents needed to be filling their babies bellies with real, whole food. To me, bread is an essential. 

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The kitchen, is the heart of the home and it should be used! Oven should be warm from baking bread, and little hands should be snatching the first slice of a fresh loaf. I want to give you the confidence to feed your family with just a few ingredients, and to create something you are proud of! 

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Happy Baking Breadheads!