I had no idea you could make bread with just these ingredients!

Imagine cloud-soft dough rising without yeast, cradling golden steam—the kind that makes your hands pause mid-knead while you whisper, “Mama Elara, you witch of the hollow.” My Mama Elara baked this in her 1932 Ozark cabin after the bank took our land, using up Depression-era flour sacks to feed hungry moonshiners. For 92 years, it’s been the star of every harvest moon, snowed-in Sunday, and “the world’s on fire but this loaf is perfect” moment. When you tear into that crust, you’re not just eating bread—you’re tasting the grit of a woman who fed 12 children on a sharecropper’s wage.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

✅ Dough that rises like a prayer—no yeast, no waiting (Mama’s no-sink rule)

✅ Crust that shatters cold—never soggy, never sad

✅ Bakes in one bowl—no fancy tools, no sink drama

✅ Makes your kitchen smell like a Appalachian hearth—even in July

✅ Leftover magic—cold bread becomes sop (bread soup) fit for saints

"At my husband’s funeral, the casserole dishes sat full while folks scraped the last bits of Mama’s loaf from the tin. The preacher said, ‘Some souls speak through sermons. This one speaks through sourdough.’" 

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