All-Purpose Starter

4 ingredients
8 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 cups filtered or bottled water, heated to 110 to 120F (just hot to the touch)
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon instant yeast
  • 8 ounces bread flour

Directions

  1. 1
    In the carafe of a blender, combine all ingredients.
  2. 2
    Blend for 10 seconds, or until smooth.
  3. 3
    Pour the mixture into a clean, quart-sized glass jar.
  4. 4
    Barely screw on the lidgasses need to be able to escape.
  5. 5
    Skip this step and therell be broken glass to pick up later.
  6. 6
    Stash the jar in a warm (80 to 85F would be nice) place for 24 hours.
  7. 7
    Use right away or feed it another cup of warm water mixed with a cup of flour and stash it in the refrigerator.
  8. 8
    Every time you use a cup of culture, feed the starter a cup of water and flour.

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