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"This is your basic Sour Dough bread starter to be used over and over again. Look for the sour dough bread recipe to make use of this starter.
There are two ways to make sour dough starter one without yeast where you feed the starter daily and this recipe where you just let the yeast do the work and let it sit for 3 or 4 days. Be sure that you..."

Ingredients: dry yeast, sugar, water...

"Here is an excellent Sourdough Starter that you can use to add rich flavor to bread and rolls. This starter takes time to mature, but the taste is well worth the wait. Nothing beats the tang and chewy texture of sourdough bread, especially when it comes straight out of your own oven. From its firm crust to its soft interior, this bread is in a class..."

Ingredients: milk, sugar, water...

"You can make your own wild yeast starter from scratch. The yeast is already on the grains you use in the starter. You just need to create the right conditions to wake them up! The pineapple juice may sound like a strange ingredient, but it is what makes this recipe work so well. The juice creates an acidic environment that prevents bad bacteria from..."

Ingredients: cider vinegar, whole grain wheat flour...

"Another easy sour dough starter for those of us who enjoy sour dough bread!"

Ingredients: instant mashed potatoes, sugar...

"A very satisfying and tasty country bread from Eastern Europe, this is not difficult to make. The starter has to be left to ferment for a couple of days, so it does require a little advance planning. This makes 2 large loaves. Enjoy! Adapted from Classic Home Cooking. Prep time does not include time to make the starter or sponge, but does include rising..."

Ingredients: cornmeal, fast-rising active dry yeast...

"This recipe is from Sunset Magazine. I have used it for many years, and it is very reliable. Sunset notes that for the first six months it is best used in recipes with supplementary leavening."

Ingredients: low-fat milk, plain yogurt...

"The dough is a moist dough be sure not to be tempted to add more flour! You'll get nice pockets of air in this flat irregular shaped bread. be sure to use Bread flour"

Ingredients: fast-rising active dry yeast, fresh rosemary...

"Sourdough is believed to have originated in Ancient Egyptian times around 1500 BC, and was likely the first form of leavening available to bakers. (UPDATE 05/29/2010: In order to avoid problems with mold, I've modified my recipe to follow the advise of Peter Reinhart (author of The Bread Baker's Apprentice) and recommend using pineapple juice..."

Ingredients: dark rye flour, bottled water...

"A friend gave me this recipe and when I didn't find it here I decided I HAD to post it. I believe it was featured in the NY Times at one point. This bread is so easy to bake and tastes great! This was the first loaf of bread I've ever made and it was perfect!"

Ingredients: warm water, table salt, flour...

"This one comes right out of Alaska and the Yukon from the gold rush. Is very simple, you just have to have patience for a few days. Is sensitive to cold, it must be kept warm. DO NOT SEAL IN A TIGHT CONTAINER."

Ingredients: potatoes, sugar, flour...

"Capturing yeast spores is an ancient process. See if you can "trap" your own using potato water. Uses: Take one cup of starter and add to your favorite pancake recipe. Sour Dough Buckwheat waffles...Use a cup of starter in place of 2 pgks of yeast in your bread recipe."

Ingredients: bottled water, honey, potatoes...

"This was a serendipitous find when my daughter accidentally added too much water to a french dough recipe. Rather than just toss out the dough, I tossed it into a glass gallon jar and let it percolate for a few days. It made a great sourdough batter! Refresh once a week by adding 1/2 cup water and 3/4 cup flour. It can be refrigerated."

Ingredients: cold water, sugar, yeast...

"This is a great recipe I adapted from Mother Earth News Magazine. It is super simple. I mix it up, let it rise, put it in the fridge, pull off a hunk of dough before I make my supper. Then I bake it and it's ready for supper. I haven't bought bread since I started using this recipe. It also makes wonderful chewy buns for hamburgers/sandwiches...."

Ingredients: cornmeal, coarse sea salt...

"I love sourdough and was happy to find that a starter could be made with gluten free flour. This was a recipe that I found on line and tweaked a bit. It is made with commercial yeast. I may try my hand later on with growing a wild yeast starter but time will tell. For the moment I am happy to be doing some sourdough baking again."

Ingredients: brown rice flour, water, yeast...