Sourdough Nerds-BYODO
Saturday, April 25, 2026 | 10:00AM - 4:00PM (Includes Lunch)
Sunday, April 26, 2026 | 10:00AM - 2:00PM (Includes Lunch)
$499.00 Per Station (Suitable for Dynamic Duos- see below for more details)
Join Brian Knowles as he shares tips and tricks with sourdough inclusions and sourdough pizza in this two day class.
This is an intermediate sourdough class and students will find it helpful if they have attended Sourdough 101 with Angela McEllin or Sourdough Basics with Brian Knowles.
In order to get your best inclusion loaves and experience baking them in a dutch oven (the most popular way to bake sourdough at home) we are asking you to Bring Your Own 5.5-6 quart Dutch Oven (BYODO).
On Saturday, you will learn to add inclusions two ways-through stretch and folds and through lamination. For your first loaf you will have your choice of cranberry nut, cheddar jalapeño, rosemary asiago, or blueberry lemon, which will be added during stretch and folds. The second loaf will be a cinnamon swirl where we will add our inclusions through lamination. In between taking care of your loaves you make sourdough pizza dough to be used for our lunch on Sunday. This dough is easy to make and great to have pre-portioned in the refrigerator or freezer. This dough can be used the same day, but the best flavor will come from cold proofing the dough overnight.
On Sunday, while our inclusion loaves bake, we will prepare Rorys famous pizza sauce. His sauce is so easy and so delicious that you will never buy store bought again. Brian will then teach you how to properly shape and top your pizza before sliding it on to a hot stone with a peel.
This class is suitable for the following Dynamic Duo types:
YES: Parent/Grandparent & Child
YES: Couples (live in the same household)
YES: Friends (you will share all equipment/ingredients for 1 recipe/batch…we let you rock, paper, scissors if the recipe doesn’t divide equally.)
*What is a Dynamic Duo? It’s basically two buddies sharing the same workstation at no extra charge. You share all equipment and ingredients for a single batch of whatever we’re making that day. (Don’t worry, we won’t stick you with some random stranger- if you want to fly solo, you’ll have the station (and all the yummy food) all to yourself!)
We provide all ingredients, supplies, and tools required for use during each class. Best of all you get to take home whatever tasty treats you make - we provide all boxes/packaging.
Please wear comfortable shoes (stools will be provided) and have long hair tied back. For the comfort of all our students and staff, we ask that you refrain from wearing strong perfume or cologne. You may wish to bring a cardigan or sweater as the kitchen is kept at 68F.