Tag: Sourdough Starter

  • Sourdough Starter is ACTIVE

    Sourdough Starter is ACTIVE

    Reliable rise after feeding and later when taking some for something else, stir down, rises some more. Seems to double in about 4 to 6 hours. Started this morning with 120g starter, then fed 50g each water and flour. I do not know for sure if it is a 12 hour or 24 hour thing,…

  • Sourdough Starter seems to be working!

    Sourdough Starter seems to be working!

    I took 1/2 Cup of that starter above and made Sourdough Biscuits. They are still rising in my cast iron pan, inverted lid of my Dutch oven cast iron outdoor cooking pot. Yesterday I set some starter up from one of my small jars, trying to push different methods for something that WORKS. Things were…

  • I tried to warm up my Sourdough Starter

    Yesterday I worked on getting my Starter for Sourdough warmer. We only use the fireplace in the living room to heat, a space heater here or there for room that people are too cold in. Winter is up and down where we live, I can’t breathe with blown heat (through the A/C system, heatpump+emergency electric…

  • First Sourdough Starter use: Cornbread

    First Sourdough Starter use: Cornbread

    My Starter is looking pretty good, it’s just so cold now, attempting more than lesser sourdough recipes is my lot. I halved my starter and used the Discard to setup cornbread for later. This worked wonderfully. Springy cornbread, yummy and holey. Just freaking delicious. We had Meatball Soup, and Sourdough Cornbread for dinner. Original recipe…

  • Sourdough Starter

    I’ve been starting a starter for sourdough bread making. I forgot about it all yesterday, that was Day 3. I had it on the fridge, which really doesn’t feel 70 – 75 degrees at all. Who knows. At any rate, I took it down this morning and fed it, it had bubbles right away, I…