We are gonna try this today. We just canned some butter ( we watched all of joes videos on it 😊) now we wanna try this. Y’all are my go to on these kinda things love the videos especially the canning
I have fructose malabsorption and sour dough bread is a variety that I can eat! So I will think about beginning the starter for sour dough. As we are heading into winter we are running our gas heater every day so I can put it near the heater.
You can also put it in your oven with the light on and the door cracked open with a wooden utensil. This will help you not start your oven with the starter inside
I am handycaped so my husband is learning how to move on more with learning how to cook and bake . I want him to try making bread and I love sourdough bread. I hope this will not be to hard for him to do...cross your fingers for him. I love to watch you and Joe on what you two do on the farm and you sure have made things look so beautiful with hard work . I love the two kids Joni & Chunk,they are both so darn cute . How many cats do you have ..I love cats to . Well stay well ,be happy & God Bless ...see you soon on your vidos .....Jan from Northern Arizona
Hi Jan! The sourdough starter is very simple to get started. I hope hubby had good success with it. We have probably 9 or 10 cats. I was fostering for a rescue who didnt come back for the cats and I just couldn't bring them to a shelter. That was about 8 years ago. Needless to say we dont have a mouse problem!
@@astheroostercrows6435 Oh okay. I've always been afraid of sourdough starters because I would forget to feed it but I'm going to try it out. Thanks for your recipe Melissa :-)
Sorry Melissa I tried it once but discovered I have no patience to keep feeding it, luckily I have a very good friend whose husband makes sourdough bread and makes me a loaf which is amazing...thanks Melissa...
you can use a heating pad and you don't have to use wheat flour but wheat flour has a lot of natural yeast in it. Using just all purpose flour will take a lot longer for the sourdough to grab the yeast in the air.
Love it! My starter is around 6 years old now! Use it every week. Feed it every week. It was fine when we were away for 2 weeks. I use white flour for the starter and whole wheat for the bread. 😉🇨🇦
I started with a half gallon glass jar so alleviated one issue. I’m on my 4th day and it’s hot outside. I put it on the patio and am going to sneak up to day 6 now. Gotta watch you again tomorrow. It got so tall.
Keep in mind that the amount of flour you feed should equal the starter you're feeding so if you have 2 cups of starter you need to feed with 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of water. This would yield 6 cups of starter. So the next feeding would need, you guessed it, 6 cups of flour. This is why we either discard or remove only what we need for a particular recipe and feed that putting the rest in the fridge until the next bake.
Could you use wax paper instead of the coffee filters? I would think it would not stick like the filters. I am not sure I have the patience or the memory to make this lol.
This is just to get it started, once its started you will be using the discard regularly...well, if you bake regularly. Once the starter has started you put it in the fridge and just feed once a week to keep it going
Friendship cake has sugar in the starter which is what makes it different from regular sourdough starter. I think I will try my hand at this sourdough starter since I like sourdough bread so much. Doing the friendship cake has me trained to feed a starter so this should be easy for me to do.
It took a room temp of about 70 degrees until it got started, I have since moved it to the countertop in the kitchen and it stays about 65 in there and it does fine. Once it kicks in you can put it in the fridge and feed it once a week. The amount of starter you use depends on the recipe, a lot say a half cup.
Love sour dough soup bowls! Form dough into single serving round bread..cut out the inside leaving some bread with the crust on sides and add your soup or stew! Bread absorbs some of the soup and take the inside bread you took out and dip in soup! Then eat the whole thing! Yummy 😋
My brain is poor and I use my phone as my memory set a date and time for feeding and the alarm will go off and you'll be reminded with a note on your phone.
Hi Melissa, I'm enjoying your videos. I have a question about the starter. Do you have to use wheat flour to start it? I never buy anything other than all purpose flour, just wondering if it would work if you use all purpose from the beginning.
Melissa Im so glad you posted this! I’m running out of yeast and I looked at several different videos of how to do a starter but they were all different and I trust you so I’ll try your method (only hopefully I won’t forget it 😂😂😂)!!
you can but whole wheat has a lot of natural yeast already in it, it will take longer for all purpose as it will have to catch the yeast out of the air to start.
Say “ I was seriously slacking on sourdough starter “ five times fast ;) In Canada we are also experiencing gaps in bakers yeast and flour, I love toasted sourdough bread with jam :)
I made starter last spring & its still fine. Looking forward to seeing your recipes!
We are gonna try this today. We just canned some butter ( we watched all of joes videos on it 😊) now we wanna try this. Y’all are my go to on these kinda things love the videos especially the canning
Thanks for sharing with us Melissa. Good job.
I always used a larger container not metal .
I'm trying to find a nice crock
I think this awesome! Thanks for sharing with us!
I have fructose malabsorption and sour dough bread is a variety that I can eat! So I will think about beginning the starter for sour dough. As we are heading into winter we are running our gas heater every day so I can put it near the heater.
You can also put it in your oven with the light on and the door cracked open with a wooden utensil. This will help you not start your oven with the starter inside
Mine has a yucky dark brown spot on it. Is that normal?
First one here, I'm subscribed to the other channels to. You guys have awesome videos
You need bigger jars. I use the 1/2 cup I remove to make pancakes or biscuits. You can even throw it in cakes or cookies.
I want to get a crock
I am handycaped so my husband is learning how to move on more with learning how to cook and bake . I want him to try making bread and I love sourdough bread. I hope this will not be to hard for him to do...cross your fingers for him. I love to watch you and Joe on what you two do on the farm and you sure have made things look so beautiful with hard work . I love the two kids Joni & Chunk,they are both so darn cute . How many cats do you have ..I love cats to . Well stay well ,be happy & God Bless ...see you soon on your vidos .....Jan from Northern Arizona
Hi Jan! The sourdough starter is very simple to get started. I hope hubby had good success with it. We have probably 9 or 10 cats. I was fostering for a rescue who didnt come back for the cats and I just couldn't bring them to a shelter. That was about 8 years ago. Needless to say we dont have a mouse problem!
What do you do with the 1/2 cup you take out over the 7 day course?
put it in the trash
@@astheroostercrows6435 Oh okay. I've always been afraid of sourdough starters because I would forget to feed it but I'm going to try it out. Thanks for your recipe Melissa :-)
I save it in the fridge and after a week I bake something with the discard-muffins, waffles, etc.
Thank you so much Melissa! 👍👍💯💯
FYI: I have had my starter for a while but sourdough Belgian waffles are fantastic.
I LOVE waffles! Cooked WELL DONE..mmmm
@@astheroostercrows6435 well done, the only way to go.
Sorry Melissa I tried it once but discovered I have no patience to keep feeding it, luckily I have a very good friend whose husband makes sourdough bread and makes me a loaf which is amazing...thanks Melissa...
no, it's not for everyone and to be honest, I forget about it
What do you do with the portions you take out from the starter?
I toss it but you can make a second starter or once it's completely started and you can smell the sour you can start using it to bake with
What do you do with the part you take out
throw it out
I wonder if you put it on a heating pad if that would work,my next question is do you have to start with wheat flour
you can use a heating pad and you don't have to use wheat flour but wheat flour has a lot of natural yeast in it. Using just all purpose flour will take a lot longer for the sourdough to grab the yeast in the air.
Love it! My starter is around 6 years old now! Use it every week. Feed it every week. It was fine when we were away for 2 weeks. I use white flour for the starter and whole wheat for the bread. 😉🇨🇦
What did you do with all the half cups you took out?
tossed it in the garbage
do you think i could use rye flour instead of whole wheat?
Yes you can. As a matter of fact that is recommended to start it
I would use a bread flour/ rye flour blend, heaviest on the bread flour
Thanks mellisa.
I started with a half gallon glass jar so alleviated one issue. I’m on my 4th day and it’s hot outside. I put it on the patio and am going to sneak up to day 6 now. Gotta watch you again tomorrow. It got so tall.
What do you do with the 1/2 cup that you remove before feeding it?
Sorry, just saw that you answered someone else.
Can I ask you how big your two jars are? I'm hoping to find a crock that will hold the whole batch. 3/4 gallon? 1 gallon? Any ideas?
Keep in mind that the amount of flour you feed should equal the starter you're feeding so if you have 2 cups of starter you need to feed with 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of water. This would yield 6 cups of starter. So the next feeding would need, you guessed it, 6 cups of flour. This is why we either discard or remove only what we need for a particular recipe and feed that putting the rest in the fridge until the next bake.
my jars are 1 liter each
Could you use wax paper instead of the coffee filters? I would think it would not stick like the filters. I am not sure I have the patience or the memory to make this lol.
you could probably use wax paper and poke tiny holes in it, the sourdough needs to be able to breathe
I’ve never heard of taking some out except when you were ready to use it. I’ll have to give this method a try
This is just to get it started, once its started you will be using the discard regularly...well, if you bake regularly. Once the starter has started you put it in the fridge and just feed once a week to keep it going
As The Rooster Crows thanks
You can freeze your starters.
What are you doing with the cups you are taking out is that sourdough or are using it or what are using with to make bread
toss is although you could make bread with it
what to you do with what you take out . can you make more batchs
you can make more batches with it.
thank you
Is sour dough starter the same as friendship bread that we pass around the office?
This is different from friendship bread which I believe takes sugar
Friendship cake has sugar in the starter which is what makes it different from regular sourdough starter. I think I will try my hand at this sourdough starter since I like sourdough bread so much. Doing the friendship cake has me trained to feed a starter so this should be easy for me to do.
@@susanc6248 I sell dehydrated starter kits if you're interested
Yes it is
I must try this! We love sourdough!! Can’t wait to see what you make. You made this look easy so I think I can do it. Thanks Melissa!
Going to try.
But how do you use it now to make bread
I will be making bread in the future with this
How much of this depends on ambient room temperature? What temp does it take for it to process? How much do you use in place of yeast?
It took a room temp of about 70 degrees until it got started, I have since moved it to the countertop in the kitchen and it stays about 65 in there and it does fine. Once it kicks in you can put it in the fridge and feed it once a week. The amount of starter you use depends on the recipe, a lot say a half cup.
@@astheroostercrows6435 thank you!
Ideal temperature for sourdough is 75-80° The cooler the ambient temperature the longer it takes to ferment
Hi Melissa. I made your strawberry, banana, nut bread and it was fantastic. Thank you.
So glad you like it, that and the cheesecake are my two favs
mine dont like wheat flour
Love sour dough soup bowls! Form dough into single serving round bread..cut out the inside leaving some bread with the crust on sides and add your soup or stew! Bread absorbs some of the soup and take the inside bread you took out and dip in soup! Then eat the whole thing! Yummy 😋
My brain is poor and I use my phone as my memory set a date and time for feeding and the alarm will go off and you'll be reminded with a note on your phone.
Hi Melissa, I'm enjoying your videos. I have a question about the starter. Do you have to use wheat flour to start it? I never buy anything other than all purpose flour, just wondering if it would work if you use all purpose from the beginning.
You can make and feed starters with any flour of your choice, even gluten free flours. I personally use bread flour.
You just pitch the 1/2 cup you pull out? My heat registers are blowing cold air down here!!🥵
try putting it in with water heater on top?
you can start another one with it just add 1 cup flour and 1/2 cup water and it starts another and keep going
sadly, yes, I just pitch the half cup
Set it on a heating pad on low..
Melissa Im so glad you posted this! I’m running out of yeast and I looked at several different videos of how to do a starter but they were all different and I trust you so I’ll try your method (only hopefully I won’t forget it 😂😂😂)!!
Glad it was helpful!
LOL! Sourdough will expand like that !
Hi Melissa,I love sour dough bread.I want to try your recipe next time!Thank you 👏
Do you have to start with whole wheat flour or can you use All Purpose on day 1?
you can but whole wheat has a lot of natural yeast already in it, it will take longer for all purpose as it will have to catch the yeast out of the air to start.
All flours contain natural yeasts. Whole wheat as well as other whole grain flours respond quicker because they are whole grain flours
Amazing how something so gross and ugly turns into such a beautiful, delicious, desirable thing...lol
Where have you been? Come on lets get cooking!
Working! We've gotten so busy the last few weeks!
Say “ I was seriously slacking on sourdough starter “ five times fast ;) In Canada we are also experiencing gaps in bakers yeast and flour, I love toasted sourdough bread with jam :)
my wife overfed hers and it ran over the top of the jar .
I've had several blow outs ON the heat register