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Sourdough Starter

The is the sponge that makes your bread rise and gives it the delicious sour flavor.
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Ingredients
  

  • 2½ cups white flour
  • 2½ cups warm filtered water I use filtered water because our water tastes awful, plus, if you have chlorine in your tap water, it may inhibit the starter.
  • 1 tablespoon instant yeast
  • 2 teaspoons sugar or honey

Instructions
 

  • Mix all starter ingredients until you have a smooth batter.
  • Poor into a good-sized crock or bowl. The starter will expand. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for five days to ferment.
  • Stir the starter daily. Don't worry if the liquid rises to the top. Just stir well.
  • At the end of 5 days it is ready to use.
  • Store in the refrigerator.