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Instead of anonymous product names, our signature loaves are named after the people who become part of the story. Not customers, characters. A loaf earns its name: someone requests it, Alyssa experiments, people keep asking for it, and then it gets a name.

The house loaf

The Hazel, a round country sourdough loaf with a scored crust

THE HAZEL

$10.00

Our house loaf. A classic country sourdough, slow-fermented for over 24 hours and baked to a deep, crackly crust with a soft, open crumb. Just three simple ingredients: organic flour, water, and sea salt. Named for Alyssa's grandmother, Hazel, the loaf that started everything.

The Hazel is our original loaf, named for Alyssa's grandmother. She passed away just as Back Room Bakery was beginning to become something real. This one's for her.
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The back room archive

LOAVES THAT EARNED A NAME

THE MAYA

brown sugar + cinnamon

ingredients: flour, water, salt, brown sugar, cinnamon

Batch
024
Baked
08.14.26
Origin
BACK ROOM, CA

THE JULES

roasted garlic + rosemary

ingredients: flour, water, salt, roasted garlic, rosemary

Batch
024
Baked
08.14.26
Origin
BACK ROOM, CA

THE SOPHIE

dark chocolate + flaky salt

ingredients: flour, water, salt, dark chocolate, flaky salt

Batch
024
Baked
08.14.26
Origin
BACK ROOM, CA

The archive rotates with the seasons and the starter's mood. Curious about one? brb, just ask.

Take the back room home

A glass jar of bubbly, active sourdough starter

Sourdough Starter

$5.00+

A lively, bubbly starter that's active and ready to bake with from day one, fed with nothing but organic flour and water. Perfect for your very first loaf or as a backup for a seasoned baker. Comes with simple feeding instructions to keep it thriving for years. Choose your container below.

  • Plastic ramekinincluded
  • Glass jar+$5.00
New to sourdough starter? Feeding instructions

Sourdough Starter · Feeding Instructions

  1. 1.

    Place a clean glass jar with a lid on a kitchen scale, tare the scale, and add the starter.

  2. 2.

    Add starter, water, and unbleached AP or bread flour at a 1:1:1 ratio. Mix well until it reaches pancake-batter consistency. For a stiffer starter, feed at a 1:2:3 ratio.

  3. 3.

    Cover the jar with a cloth and let it sit at room temperature for 4 to 12 hours, until it doubles in size and becomes bubbly.

  4. 4.

    Use the active starter in a recipe, or keep it in an airtight glass jar in the fridge between uses.

  5. 5.

    If kept at room temperature, feed every 12 to 24 hours. If refrigerated, feed once a week, or 8 to 12 hours before you use it.

  6. 6.

    Discard half of the starter before each feeding, then repeat the 1:1:1 feed ratio. Let it ferment before using or storing.

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