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Can anyone tell me how to get a start for sourdough bread and what the
advantages of sourdough are?
Making a starter is easy. Just mix a cup of flour with about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of water and allow to sit out on the counter overnight. Sourdough has similar rising qualities to yeast dough, but with a slightly sour taste. If you make bread from the starter, save out a quarter cup of the starter to use in the next bread-making project. When using this small amount of starter, add it to the ingredients called for in the bread recipe (remember, no yeast here), except only use half the flour called for. When the dough raises the first time, save out 1/4 to 1/2 cups of the dough. (Be sure to add the remaining flour to your recipe to achieve proper results.) This will become your starter for the next time. It always keeps your starter fresh and ready to leaven the next batch of bread. Remember to store this starter in the refrigerator in a covered container (a simple bowl with plastic wrap will do nicely) to keep the starter from becoming too soured and unusable.

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