Simple Sourdough by Kels

The no-fluff, family-tested sourdough cookbook for moms who want to skip the overwhelm and just feed their kids real bread.

You've watched the YouTube videos. You've saved 47 sourdough reels. You've maybe even named your starter (Doris, anyone?). But somewhere between the bubbling jar on your counter and the loaf you're supposed to be baking, something fizzled.

Maybe it's the conflicting advice — feed it twice a day, no wait, once, no wait, by weight in grams while reciting the alphabet backward. Maybe it's the recipes that look beautiful on Instagram but flop on a Tuesday afternoon when your kids are starving and the baby's crying.

I get it. I've been baking with sourdough for almost a decade, raising four kids on it, and I built this book to be the one thing I wish I'd had when I started: simple, repeatable recipes that actually work in a real family kitchen.

Here's what's inside:

28 family-tested sourdough recipes — the same ones I make on rotation for my own four kids. No mystery ratios. No "artisan" steps that require a degree in chemistry. Just real food your family will ask for again.

7 recipes you can't find anywhere else — including my Sourdough Soft Pretzels, Sourdough Chocolate Sheet Cake, and Sourdough Orange Rolls (the one my kids beg for on Sunday mornings).

The basics, demystified — how to feed your starter without overthinking it, what to do with discard so nothing goes to waste, and the rhythms that make sourdough fit into your week instead of taking it over.

My must-have kitchen tools list — exactly what I use, no fancy upsells.

This is for you if...

• You want to feed your family real, nourishing bread without spending your whole week on it.
• You're sick of conflicting advice from a hundred different accounts.
• You want recipes your kids will actually eat (not just dense loaves that sit on the counter).
• You're somewhere between "what even is a starter" and "I want to expand beyond basic boules."

Why this book is different

I'm not a chef. I'm a homeschool mom of four in a regular kitchen, baking real meals for real kids. Every recipe in this book has been tested dozens of times — on picky eaters, on busy school mornings, on holidays, on regular Tuesdays. If a recipe didn't pass the family test, it didn't make the book!

My heart and soul are on these pages. There's so much love poured into the idea that families everywhere can experience the joy (and benefits) of natural yeast in their homes — without the overwhelm.

Instant digital download. Yours to keep forever. Read it on your computer, tablet, or phone — bake from it for years to come.

This is a digital download. No physical book will be shipped.

What readers are saying:

"She gave me a lot of great ideas for making sourdough fit into my life." — featured on the Perfectly Preserved Podcast