#BUT YEAH it can be super intimidating at first when you don't rlly know where to start but you get the hang of it!!!

[kkujo]

hi! im not entirely sure if ill actually do anything with bread but i saw your posts and im interested in trying it out (especially since i need stuff to help me where im at mentally). i havent really done any baking before (except for store-bought mix brownies and cookies) and my cooking skills are abysmal, but id love to have bread of my own anyhow. do you know of some good resources to help me start? some advice too maybe?

HI YES OF COURSE!!!! this is the instagram account that helped me figure out sourdough, i would reccomend watching a bunch of her vids because the way she explains it is super easy to understand!!

how to make a sourdough starter:

you will need: a jar (remove the rubber seal to allow air in), an elastic band, kitchen scales, flour, water, honey, as well as something to stir with like a spoon or knife!

DAY 1: mix 50g flour, 50g water, and a teeny bit of honey in a jar. weighing is more accurate than using cups so that's the best way to measure out the ingredients!! i like to use a knife to stir personally. put a teeny bit of honey on the tip of the knife, that's all you'll need!! the sugar from the honey helps the yeast grow faster (or something. idk)

DAY 2: stir the mixture!

DAY 3: discard half of the starter. add 50g flour, 50g of water and a tiny bit of honey, and mix. around this time is when you wanna put an elastic band on the jar at the same level as the starter, to help measure how much it rises!! it won't rise much at this stage but you might start to see some bubbles :)

DAY 4: discard half of the starter, add 50g flour and 50g and mix!

repeat the steps of day 4 until around day 10-14 - by this time the starter should double in size a few hours after feeding!! around day 7 to 9 it will smell HORRIBLE like you won't be able to sniff it without gagging but that's normal dw. when it gets to the point where it doubles in size after feeding it won't smell so bad and you can use it to bake!!

at room temperature you should feed the starter every day (discard half, add 50g water and 50g flour, mix) but at cooler temperatures it won't need feeding as often so you can keep it in the fridge and feed once a week instead!!

when you've had your starter for a couple weeks, i recommend saving some discarded starter in a plastic bag and putting it in the freezer - this way if your starter ever gets ruined you have some of your original starter saved!! you can let it thaw and feed as normal and it will come back to life within a few days :D the only times you'll really need to throw ur starter out is if it gets moldy which is pretty uncommon, or if you forget to feed it for a while and it gets super stinky. at which point restarting with the frozen starter is best

you can bake pretty much anything that uses flour/yeast using ur starter!! my fave thing to make is a super simple loaf of bread!

you'll need 500g flour, 250g water, 150g of the sourdough starter, 25g olive oil and 10g salt. i also usually add something like 20g of sugar bc it helps the dough rise faster!! mix it all up and cover with a tea towel and let it rise for around 6 to 8 hours (you can feed your starter at the same time and use that as a measure for when the dough will be ready!! once the starter has doubled the dough will be risen)

once the dough has risen, knead it on a floured surface. my fave way to knead it is twisting towards the middle, rotate & repeat (i hope this makes sense) you should feel the dough getting tighter as u fold it!!

baking in a pot with a lid helps keep the moisture in and stops ur crust from getting too hard!! i cook the bread in a greased ceramic pot for about an hour on a lowish temperature around 150 degrees celsius, and then about another 20 mins without the lid to let the crust crisp up!!

it definitely takes some trial and error to get ur bread looking good, especially bc each starter is slightly different and unique so you might have to adapt certain things to help ur starter thrive!! for example i've found that my starter likes being fed more, so i usually mix about 120g of flour and water instead of 50g!! but it's really just a matter of seeing what works for you and ur starter ^_^

#I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OR ANYONE ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED!!!! #SORRY I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF INFO. must infodump abt bread. #BUT YEAH it can be super intimidating at first when you don't rlly know where to start but you get the hang of it!!! #also the bread recipe i included is so easy like even if you'd never cooked before all it is is weighing the ingredients and mixing!! #you can't rlly go wrong with it as long as you weigh the right amount of ingredients!! #you might end up with a flat or dense loaf but it's still gonna taste good so who care #asks #bread tag #SORRY AGAIN FOR THE HUGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION OMG I HOPE THIS ISN'T TOO OVERWHELMING.

[0wllight]

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