Oh the Smell of Fresh Baked Bread!

Today, on my YouTube channel, Farm Wife Burton, I made Sourdough Bread in the bread maker. 

As promised, here's the recipe for the starter:

Ingredients-

2 cups potato water

1/2 cup rye flour

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Instructions-

In a 2-quart jar, mix all ingredients until smooth. Cover loosely with cheesecloth and let stand in a warm spot....like a sunny window sill. Stir every 24 hours, until bubbly (and smelling a bit sour). This takes 4 to 10 days.

Once it's nice and bubbly, store loosely covered in the fridge.

Once a week, feed your starter (it's like having another pet). Remove from the fridge and let it come to room temperature. Remove one cup of starter (and use it to make something delicious.....or, if you're in a hurry.....you can always just throw it away). Add one cup of unbleached all-purpose flour and 3/4 cup warm water and stir vigorously.  If I have potato water on hand, I use that. Occasionally, I'll add a tablespoon of yeast just to give it a boost. Let it sit at room temp overnight then place it back in the fridge the next morning. 

I have, on occasion, gone two weeks without feeding the starter....no harm, no foul.