This is a simple way to make your own sourdough starter. There is no need to buy one from the store, simply make your own.
Ingredients
- 2 oz flour
- 4 oz water
You will be doing this twice, so it is really double the flour and water
Instructions
- Mix water and flour into a dough (it will be a little sticky, that is fine)
- Let sit for 2-5 hours at room temperature
- Add a second addition of the flour and water and make into dough
- Wait another 2-5 hours before adding to dough
- As noted below, you can refrigerate overnight if you are baking in the morning
Notes
You can also put this in the refrigerator when first made up and it can stay overnight. You can do this for either dough addition so you can make this up the day before.
If you double the recipe, save half in the refrigerator for another day. You also need to feed your starter a little flour every day or so, just mix in a few tablespoons of flour. You do want to use most of it so you don’t have a huge mass of starter, so bake every day or so.