Sourdough Bread Starter
By: Anonymous
Published: Monday, March 1, 2010 - 2:42am

Ingredients




1/2 pkg. dry yeast
2 cups warm water
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons instant potato flakes

Preparation

1 Combine yeast and warm water. Stir until dissolved. Add rest of ingredients. Mix well. Let stand at room temperature loosely covered, 8 hours or more until bubbly and smells yeasty. Then put in refrigerator about 3-4 days. Then feed.

About


Use this when making sourdough bread instead of packaged yeast: it's what gives the bread the sour flavor and will continue to grow as long as you feed it. Every week, throw half of it away and add 1 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of water.