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Sourdough Starter

Make your perfect sourdough starter that will become the base for some delicious sourdough recipes like breads, bagels, muffins and waffles.
Course Mixes and Bases
Cuisine American
Keyword sourdough,starter,yeast,baking
Prep Time 15 minutes
feeding time 7 days
Total Time 7 days 15 minutes

Equipment

  • sourdough jar
  • wooden spoon

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour (approximately)
  • cups warm water (approximately)

Instructions

  • Day 1
    Combine ½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour and ¼ cup warm water in your jar; cover and let it rest.  You can use tapwater as long as it is chemical/chlorine free.
  • Day 2
    At this point hopefully you will notice that yourflour mixture has bubbles at least on the top. This is exactly what you want,this means that it is properly fermented. We are just gonna let it sit againuntil tomorrow.
  • Day 3
    This day I want you to remove half of yourstarter, I know, why are we getting rid of it? You don’t have to toss it out; you can mix it in with any of your flour recipes if you like.
    You may see a liquid floating on top of yourstarter at this point, this is what's known as “hooch” . It smells terrible but it just means that your starter is ready to be fed.
    Stir in another  ½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour and ¼ cupwarm water until well mixed, it should resemble pancake mix texture.
  • Day 4
    From here on out we are going to repeat theprocess from day 3 each day. Toss out or use half of the starter mixture thenstir in ½ cup unbleached all-purpose flour and ¼ cup warm water.
    Your mixture will begin to grow and you will see bubbles of all different sizes forming throughout.
    When your mixture has doubled in size, is fluffy and full of bubbles, and the sour smell is mostly gone  it is ready. Once your sourdough starter has reached this phase, transfer it to a fresh jar.
    ★    Be patient, it may take up to twoweeks to get your base perfect depending on the feeds and the temperature inyour kitchen.

Notes

Time for your sourdough starter to grow and amounts of flours and water used will vary, depending on growing environment such as humidity and temperature.