How to Know if Your Sourdough Starter is Active

Once you know what your active sourdough starter should look like, it becomes really easy to recognize it right away. If you’re still unsure, you can always do a float test. Drop a spoonful of sourdough starter in a cup of water and see if it floats!

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[jellysiu]

I just got into sourdough recently. It's now day 85 and I baked a beautiful loaf of sandwich bread, I can't wait to start making artisan loaves. Wish me good luck!

[WtNbLEed]

Hope mine looks like that soon. First timer with sourdough starter

[mahutwe]

Sooo... the moon is made of sourdough sponge.

[LuckeyClover]

I killed my sourdough starter today and I am heart broken. I raised that jar of dough as if it my own, feeding It daily for a whole week. And it was doing great until I was ready to use it. In the morning and I decided to feed It one last time before going to work for 10 hours. So I put the starters in the oven so it can stay warm, And i decided to turn on the heat for a couple seconds to get warmer. But I forgot to turn off the heat before going to work, and I had to do a U Turn and by the time I got back home. My starter jars were baked. I killed my own starter and I cried for twenty minutes.

[anitajoe]

I finally got my sourdough starter to rise perfectly after 900 tries, lol. Im excited about makeong my first loaf! Yay😊

[LetterNumbers.]

I start ly first one ever tomorrow and I'm pretty excited. Good luck to all the first timers and beginners!

[jaykingsun]

Asmr right there. Could listen to it all day!

[ZeroTempz]

The sound is too good, it’s suppressing my tryphophobia. Same situation as a honeycomb 💀💀

[medusarosexo]

This video is so addicting to me.. I can’t wait for mine to look like this!

[samib]

Thank Ive seen too many inaccurate videos about starter (baking bread professionally for 14 years) and it makes me CRINGE runny starter is a dead starter. It should look like stringy spider webs. 👌

[cherylkirksey]

I’m back!!! I just fed my starter for the first time and it was freaking satisfying 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰. Less than 48 hours and it was ready to eat🦾🦾🦾 I can’t wait to make something 😂😂😂

[mikkel]

Mine is like this. Made my 7th loaf of bread today. They're getting pretty damn good

[icbro]

Golden teacher gives me visuals like this when I'm cooking and it always ends up being absolutely 🔥

[kjvonly]

Awww. So beautifully made! Lol. I doubt mine will ever look and sound like this. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[JadenGuzik]

I started making my starter about 5 days ago. It smells super funky😅

[monicahughes]

And that means you’re ready to bake right? When it looks like that? And at that time can I choose to put it in the fridge if so how long can you in the fridge?

[rebecaw.]

I'm just about to start my first starter! I hope I don't mess it up 🤞🤞

[twentytwentytwo]

Looks like an alien. A very friendly alien 😊

[mariebrown]

Any suggestions? Mine is now 6 months old, yields a pretty good loaf but my starter has never looked like yours.

[genevahernandez]

Hoping mine gets to this soon, day 6 and it’s been almost doubling in size since day 3 🤞