Like everyone else in 2020, I adopted a sourdough starter and learned how to to bake boules. It was fun and my family enjoyed my experiments, but after a few weeks of having fragrant, fresh bread anytime we wanted, the novelty wore off and we were often left with too much of a good thing. Stale bread became my nemesis, and I found myself stuffing down slices three meals a day just to avoid it. That’s when I decided to stop my sourdough adventures.
In hindsight, having a proper way to store the loaves would have helped. Experts say that the best method is to store fresh-baked bread in something breathable—a paper sack, a ceramic bread box, or cotton or linen bags—so that the crust remains hard and the inside soft. Of those options, I like fabric bags the best: they’re affordable and reusable, and gifting a home-made boule inside a pretty bread bag makes for a perfect housewarming or hostess gift.
Below, 10 favorite fabric bread bags. (Tip: If you one day decide you’re just fine with store-bought bread, you can always repurpose the bags and use them to take home bulk dry goods from the store.)
![made of heavy cotton and measuring 35 x 35 cm., the cotton bread bag from toast 17](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/toast-cotton-bread-bag.jpg)
![like its bedding, rough linen\2\17;s orkney linen bread bag is made loca 18](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/orkney-linen-bread-bag-rough-linen.jpeg)
![similar to toast\2\17;s bread bag, dans le sac\2\17;s cotton canv 19](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dans-le-sac-cotton-bread-bag-helen-milian1.jpg)
![there\2\17;s no shortage of bread bags offered on etsy. we particularly 20](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/linen-bento-bag-etsy1.jpg)
![we are big fans of aplat (see their sexy fabric bowl cover here). recently we d 21](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/aplat-poche-medium-bread-bag.jpg)
![food5\2 carries dot & army\2\17;s bread bag and bowl cover set (the 22](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dot-army-bread-bag-bowl-cover-food52.jpg)
![the printed linen bread bag from magiclinen features simple typography screen p 23](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/magic-linen-bread-bag-printed.jpeg)
![the “let us break bread together” bags are made by women in 24](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dora-daar-bread-bags-1466x1104-1.jpg)
![from flotsam & fork\2\17;s website: \2\20;keep your bread fre 25](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/linen-stripe-bread-bag-flotsam-fork.jpg)
![an ingenious product from remodelista favorite uashmama. their italian made por 26](http://www.organized-home.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/uashmama-porta-pane-loaf-bag-nickey-kehoe.jpg)
For more on reusable bags, see:
- Beauty and the Reusable Bag: Mesh Produce Sacks and More from Caya of Japan
- Our Editors’ Planet-Friendly Habit Shifts, Inspired by ‘Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home’
- Use This, Not that Plastic Thing: Expert Advice on 5 Easy, Eco Swaps for the Kitchen
N.B.: This story originally appeared on The Organized Home; you can see it here.
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