Sourdough Starter the Easy Way that Actually Works with LESS Flour

Starting a sourdough starter only takes two ingredients, flour, and water. But there are definitely some tips with what kind of flour, the temperature of your water, and other tips for keeping your sourdough starter alive and thriving.

The best news? You can keep just a very small amount in a pint-size jar to successfully bake bread and all sorts of other sourdough goodies.

You can also check out my 9 Tips for Better Sourdough Starter (That You Probably Aren’t Doing)

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[marisaperez]

Just started my very first sourdough starter! I named her Dough-lores 😆

[petedavis]

Really good info on starters. You really know your stuff.
Here are a couple tips for avoiding waste, maintaining a sourdough starter:
1: You can keep your starter in the fridge and only feed it once a week or so. I make a loaf about every 5 days, so I just feed it the morning I'm going to use it and warm it to room temp and once it's ready, use it, then feed it again, and put it back in the fridge.
2: Instead of discarding the unused starter, you can spread it out on a cookie sheet and let it dry in the open air. Once it's dried, you'll get chips of dried starter. Throw those into a blender to make powder and keep it in the freezer. Whenever you need starter, take a tablespoon or so of the powder and add some water and then feed it flour & water, like normal. The next day, feed it again and it'll be ready to go. I did this a few years ago before I started refrigerating my starter. I still have a big jar of powdered starter if I ever need to start some more, or I want to share some with someone else.

[martypoulsen]

Straight to the point, much appreciated. No endless segments of banjos, 3 yo children, dogs, and cows in the pasture. What you've done in 10 quick minutes takes others 30-35 minutes. This will be my second go at sourdough after a yearlong hiatus following an earlier messy out-of-control disaster. lol. Pray for me.

[kennethgardzinski]

I did this starter for 5 days and made the sourdough bread from your 'Hand Made' book. Eating the bread now warm out of the oven. It's from heaven. Thank you.

[MJ-wrty]

FINALLY!! a video that is not long winded! You get right to the point!

[lr]

For a free plastic lid on a mason jar, use the plastic lid from a parmesan, grated cheese container. Fits perfectly on any standard mouth screw jar. I used these lids on our pint and quart jars for iced tea in the summer months; keeps ice and lemon slices in and flies out. Not airtight so it works perfect for this application of proofing. Thank you so much for this sourdough starter. I plan on starting it this morning. Looking forward to using this method. Thanks a lot.

[colleenchamberlain]

ohmygosh, I have been trying my hand at making a sour dough starter for over 8 months and its never worked out until now when I followed your recipe and schedule. I now am a happy owner of a beautiful, healthy sour dough and I couldn't be more happy. Thank you so much for making this video.

[clemayk]

Melissa, when u said your starter is already 10yo… immediately this is proof that you know your stuff. I’ve watched many videos on starters and yours is the simplest and best to follow. Thank you.

[agrarianarc]

Thank you for providing an UNcomplicated yet thorough explanation to this. There are too many blogs/vlogs making this complicated!

[lizh]

I made my first sourdough starter after I watched your video. It took 14 days because my house is so cold, but it is beautiful!

[crawwwfishh]

My granny was the best cook ever and she never measured anything in her life.

[auburnhillhomestead]

I like how you emphasized not to throw away, and gave ideas. So many don't do this.

[mikekvtz]

Started my first starter today. I've watched about 10 videos, including Paul Hollywood's, about making a starter, and this is the best one. Short and to the point.

[IamKyuTee]

1st discard I would put in another jar and feed it as well and once I make it into sour dough starter gift it to someone or if near the holidays start new jars with the discard to make enough for the many holiday breads and baked goods. My grandmother on my father's side had 9 children and my grandfather she cooked for during the great depression. She also made the bread for the local church to feed the needy during that time during the great depression. She also was part of the canning, victory garden, etc volunteer. My grandparents had a farm that Orofino took for pennies on the dollar to expand their city. They forgot all my grandparents did to feed the people of Orofino during the great depression. All of my family moved from Idaho. The way things are heading now when there is a need for such things in Idaho my family won't be there to share the knowledge nor the fruits of our labor of produce, chickens, eggs, goats, goat milk, and rabbits. They treated my family like dirt after saving so many lives which my grandparents had a letter of thanks for but ended up with Orofino STEALING tye family farm. They can find another farming family to screw over, we are done with Idaho.

[ashjeansmi]

I followed your instructions and my starter has been a success! Thank you for making it plain! 😊❤

[laocchi]

Thank you so much finally I found someone to teach how to make a perfect starter !🙌🏻

[mjc]

I just got my first starter from my brother and sister in law as a holiday gift. 😃😋

[saramoulson]

Thanks Melissa. I love the simplicity of your video. I can't tell you how confused I've gotten over other videos I've watched about this.

[rarejer]

Hi Melissa! I have been baking bread for over 20 years at home. And have tried, at least 20 times to start a sourdough. I never succeeded yet! My daughters, now adults, made some, so I would like to join them. One thing that was a barricade for my mind was the discarding portion. No one addressed this in the way you have! Your are the first! I am now going to the kitchen, and discarding what is needed! Thank you a thousand times!

[Gadgeteer]

Love this woman! Enjoy your videos so much. I've seen every one of them at least 2 times now. Learned so much.