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    Looking for Real Wood-Fired Sourdough Near Davison, MI?

    By Merrit Gillie
    Looking for Real Wood-Fired Sourdough Near Davison, MI?

    If you live in Davison and you've been searching for real sourdough bread nearby, you've probably run into the same problem everyone else does: grocery store shelves full of loaves labeled "sourdough" that don't actually taste like it.

    Real sourdough isn't hard to find near Davison. It's just about 20 minutes away, in Mount Morris.

    What Makes Renegade Sourdough Different

    Renegade Sourdough is a small, wood-fired cottage bakery based in Mount Morris, Michigan. Every loaf is made by hand, using a live sourdough starter and a slow fermentation process that takes 18 to 24 hours, not the shortcuts most commercial bakeries rely on. The bread is then finished in a wood-fired oven, giving it a crust and flavor that a standard commercial oven can't replicate.

    No dough conditioners. No artificial sour flavoring. Just flour, water, salt, and a starter that's been maintained the old way.

    Why Davison Customers Make the Drive

    Davison has its own history worth being proud of, from the old Grand Trunk Depot to the Davison Car Show every summer. It's the kind of town that still shows up for its community traditions instead of taking shortcuts, and that's exactly the standard Renegade Sourdough holds itself to as well.

    The drive from Davison to Mount Morris runs about 20 to 25 minutes, out past Flint on M-15 or through the Genesee County backroads, depending on your route. For a lot of Davison customers, it becomes part of a regular Tuesday routine rather than a special trip.

    What to Expect

    Pickup happens every Tuesday in Mount Morris, cash or tap-to-pay, with about a week's lead time needed on orders. There's no shipping and no delivery, just fresh, small-batch bread made close to home and worth the short drive.

    If you're a Davison local tired of sourdough that's sourdough in name only, this is the real version.

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    Merrit Gillie

    About the Baker

    Merrit is the baker behind Renegade Sourdough. A self-taught fire-and-flour obsessive who traded modern shortcuts for wild fermentation and a hand-built wood-fired oven.