Tickleshed recipes

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Tickle Rolls: warm sourdough magic for every Thanksgiving table.

Tickleshed Smoked Turkey: tender, smoky, and full of quiet magic.

This Christmas sourdough is everything a holiday loaf should be — hearty, comforting, and just a little enchanted. Fermented slowly and baked until beautifully golden, it fills the kitchen with warmth and brings a sense of calm joy to every slice.

New Year Hearth Bread

The Quiet Reset Loaf

A grounding bread for the space between years—

when Christmas has passed,

but the magic never leaves.

INGREDIENTS

• 3½ cups bread flour
• 1½ tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar or honey
• 2¼ tsp active dry yeast
• 1¼ cups warm water
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Optional additions (choose one, or none):

• Chopped fresh rosemary
• A spoonful of rolled oats
• A pinch of cracked black pepper

METHOD

1. Wake the yeast
   Stir yeast and sugar into warm water. Let bloom 5–10 minutes until foamy.
2. Bring it together
   In a large bowl, mix flour and salt. Add yeast mixture and olive oil. Stir until a shaggy dough forms.
3. Knead with intention
   Knead 8–10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
4. First rise
   Place in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
5. Shape & rest
   Shape into a round hearth loaf. Rest 20–30 minutes while oven preheats to 425°F.
6. Bake
   Bake 25–30 minutes until golden and hollow-sounding when tapped.
7. Cool (briefly)
   Let cool just enough to slice. Warm bread is encouraged.

FROM THE SHED

This is not a celebration bread.

It’s a reset bread.

Baked when the tinsel comes down.

When the shed is swept clean.

When there’s room for what’s next.

The shed grows a little each year—

not outward, but inward.

Not louder, but deeper.

And so does the magic.

Dan’s Tickleshed

Where bread rises,

the shed grows,

and the magic never packs up.

A Tickleshed recipe card you can feel in your soul