About
One jar, fed every morning.
RiDough is a small-batch home bakery in Ruskin, Florida. I bake what I'd want to eat, in batches small enough to keep it that way.
How it started
The first loaves could prop a door open.
It began with flour, water, and a stubborn refusal to give up on a jar that wasn't doing much of anything. The tenth loaf was pretty good. Somewhere around the fiftieth, neighbors started knocking.
That same starter is still going — fed every morning, hauled along on vacations, occasionally babysat by friends when I travel. Every loaf I bake traces back to it.
Made with love, named with meaning
Every bake has a story.
Almost everything here is named after the people I love most. Each name is a little piece of my heart, turned into something you can enjoy — so it's always made with love.
RiBaby Bagels. DJ's Double Chocolate Chip Sourdough. The Famous Sourdough Cinny Rolls. Dexter's Mini Flights. There's a person and a story behind every one of them.
Because at RiDough, it's not just sourdough, it's about baking with meaning from our family to yours.
How I bake
Long and slow.
Doughs ferment 24 hours before they ever see the oven. That's where the flavor comes from.
Everything is mixed by hand, shaped by hand, and baked in a home oven a few loaves at a time. No commercial yeast, no dough conditioners, no preservatives. The Country Sourdough is just flour, water and salt — that's the whole list.
What I care about
Three rules I don't break.
Small batches, always
I'm capping the weekly list on purpose. If I can't shape every loaf myself, I'm baking too much — and it shows in the bread.
Real ingredients only
Organic flour from a regional mill, and seasonal ingredients sourced as close to home as I can get them.
Nothing sits overnight
Every order is baked fresh the morning of your pickup. Nothing is baked ahead, and nothing carries over to the next week's list.
Already tried it?
I'd love to hear what you thought.
If a friend shared a loaf with you, or you've had a sample somewhere, tell me about it — I read every note myself.