I LOVE sourdough bread but can’t seem to find any in the grocery stores that REALLY satisfies. So, recently I set out to find the recipe and, WOW! I discovered there isn’t JUST a recipe to be had for this baking endeavor. You pretty much get a science/chemistry lesson just learning how to get the starter started for an authentic, true-to-form loaf of sourdough bread.

The information I finally decided to follow to educate myself is located at Sourdough Home. There’s a lot to know and understand about sourdough starter and bread making so I highly recommend you visit that site and explore all the info.

It took me a week to build up my sourdough starter. Patience is a virtue. To put all that info from the link above simply, here’s what I did:

Sourdough Starter Recipe
1 cup Unbleached Flour
1 cup lukewarm water

I mixed the flour and water well in one of those old glass jars with the glass lid that just sits on top and has the wire that holds the lid secure. I did NOT use the wire to secure the glass lid because I wanted air to be able to get in the jar a little easier.

For the next week, every 12 hours (9 am & 9 pm in my case) I fed my little sour pet to keep it growing. To do that, I first stirred it all back up again after it had sit for 12 hrs and then poured out 1 cup of it (you can either use this cup to work up another starter or discard it).There should be at least a little liquid still in the jar.

To that bit left in the jar I added another 1/2 - 1 cup of flour and an equal amount of lukewarm water (make sure the jar has enough room for the starter to double in size once it gets going), mixed well again, and set it back in it’s warm (80 something degrees) spot for another 12 hours. In my case, that warm spot was next to a heater vent on the floor in my RV bedroom.

Once my pet started producing “organisms” (I don’t remember which day that was) I began to see it bubble up and increase in size in the jar. See the link above for much, much more info on that part of it. Too much to try to convey here in this note.

Recipe for Baking the Sourdough Bread

On the 7th day of growing my sourdough starter pet I used S. John Ross’ sourdough bread recipe MINUS the oil or butter (scroll about 1/2 way down the page for the actual recipe). And, YES, it was SOUR and YUMMY!:-D):

I saved some of my starter and have it stored in the fridge until I’m ready to use it again, too.

For now…I’m going to make me some sourdough bread toast and sausage for breakfast.

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I hope you’re enjoying the heck outta that beach knowing I can’t BE THERE!!!

(Promise. I won’t tell which one. )

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Hey Peeps, it’s been a WHILE since I’ve posted anything…remember Me. Yes, I have been hibernating and haven’t been able to wrap my thoughts around blogging and recipes. I haven’t forgotten about you though and sorry for the disappearing act.

Since the holidays I have put together and glued 15+ Jigsaw Puzzles, a couple were 750 piece, a couple of 2,000 piece and the rest 1000 and 1500 piece. I know I sound like a Dork, but I’ve always loved jigsaws and puzzles. My Grandmother always kept them around for me. She passed away last November, so I guess you could say that has been my way of remembering her? Besides I find jigsaws very relaxing.

Just recently I have embarked on something new. I’m trying to reteach myself to Crochet. You see, I’M GONNA BE A YAYA!! YaYa is Greek for Grandmother. I don’t have any Greek roots in my family, I just like the sound of YaYa….it sounds like a Cool Grandma. This will be my first Grandchild and I’m so excited!

I see a lot a baking, M&M cookies in my future. LOL.

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The Backseat Gourmet

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