Sourdough Starter for Beginners: A No-Fail Method That Works
Why Most Sourdough Starters Fail (And Yours Won’t) I killed three sourdough starters before my fourth one stuck. The first died because I forgot to feed it for five days. The second turned into a grey, foul-smelling sludge after I used bleached flour. The third looked promising until day four, when it stopped rising and I assumed it was dead — it wasn’t, but I’d already dumped it. That fourth starter has been alive for over six years now. It has made sandwich loaves, pizza crusts, English muffins, and more cinnamon rolls than I can count. The method I used wasn’t complicated. It was just correct, which turns out to matter far more than being clever. ...