Starter for Sourdough Bread Recipe

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Starter for Sourdough Bread

Contributed by: Ramona

2 cups water
1 and 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
2 cups all purpose flour
3 tablespoons sugar

Combine ingredients.
Stir until smooth.
Cover with a clean dish towel and leave in a warm spot to catch some wild yeasts, stirring once or twice a day until bubbles appear on the surface which means yeasts are caught and fermentation has taken place.
Put into snap lid glass jar, but do not snap the lid.
Refrigerate until needed.
Bring to room temperature prior to using.
The best way is to set the jar out the day or night before you plan to use it.

Each time you use the starter replace the amount you have removed with equal parts of flour and water. If you have used one cup starter, stir in 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup water. Sour dough starter can be used to make cakes, breads, pizza, focciacia and many other things that can be enhanced by the complex flavor boost of sour dough starter. To adapt a regular recipe, add one cup sour dough starter, and use 1/2 cup less liquid and 1/2 cup less flour. You might want to try this in recipes such as cakes, breads that are full textured.

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