My Favorite Go-To Sourdough Bread Recipe
This basic sourdough bread recipe creates the perfect loaf of bread. All you need is sourdough starter, flour, water, and salt.
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You only need a <anchor>sourdough starter</anchor>, flour, water, and salt. That being said, I have had the best luck using unbleached flour and, if you can, organic flour. The natural yeast in the starter seem to do better with these flours. And as far water goes, I use tap water. If your water is highly treated you might want to consider using bottled or filtered water. If you have a lot of chlorine in your water, you can let a glass of water set out overnight and that will give the chlorine time to dissipate a bit. Those are small things and you don’t have to worry about it, but if your dough isn’t rising as well as you’d like, you might want to see if changing up your flour or water matters.
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# How to Make a Sourdough Starter



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on Mar 26, 2020, Updated Aug 22, 2024

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If you want to make your own bread, knowing how to make a sourdough starter will come in handy. It gives your homemade bread incredible flavor and texture! It takes a few days as the starter grows and ferments, but I promise it’s easy. Learn everything you need to know for making and feeding sourdough starter!

Plus, once you do it once, you can use it again and again (and share your sourdough starter with friends and neighbors)!

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## Table of Contents

## How to Make a Sourdough Starter

New to bread baking? Then you’ll want to know how to make a sourdough starter! A sourdough starter helps the bread to leaven vigorously and develop a stronger flavor that makes it absolutely delicious. There are a few ways to make a starter — sometimes it’s a liquid batter and other times it’s a stiff dough — and the method I use here is the one I’ve had the best luck with. It’s very simple and just a bit time-consuming in that it has to sit and develop for several days, but if you’re working from home or have a few minutes each day to check in on it, then you should be all set!

The process is so straightforward, too. You essentially make the starter on day 1 and then “feed” it for the remaining days. You’re just cultivating and trapping wild yeast from the air and combining it was a bacteria called lactobacilli. This process helps the bread to rise well and gives the flavor a robust profile that you’ll love. The only ingredients you need are flour and water, plus some simple household items! Let’s learn how to make that sourdough starter!

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## What is a sourdough starter?

A sourdough starter is a live culture of water and flour. After they are combined, the culture begins to ferment, cultivating the natural yeasts and bacteria found in our environment. A small bit of the starter is added to bread dough to help it rise and get the best flavor and texture. A sourdough starter is added to sourdough bread dough and acts as the leavening agent (like commercial yeast does); it’s just a much slow process. I have found that my body much prefers sourdough bread products to others. It’s been much easier on my digestion, and you can’t beat the flavor and texture.

## How do I get a sourdough starter?

1. Ask around and see if anyone you know in your community has one. If someone has a sourdough starter, they will be more than happy to share it! It’s a gift that is easy to give.
2. Make your own sourdough starter by capturing wild yeast in your environment. It’s a simple process and I’ll walk you through it.

## Here’s how to make your own sourdough starter:

1. Start with a clean glass jar (I use a pint mason jar). You’ll also need flour, water, and something to cover the jar that is breathable, like a scrap from an old, clean cotton t-shirt. That’s it!
2. Add 50 grams water and 50 grams of flour to your jar, and stir well to combine. Scrape the edges down to the bottom. Cover with a breathable top (I like to use a piece of an old t-shirt and then use the ring that came on the mason jar to screw it on). Set in an out-of-the-way place that stays a somewhat constant temperature (around 70 to 75 degrees F.). If you don’t have something to weigh your flour, it will be about 6 tablespoons of flour and 4 tablespoons of water. You can use just about any flour that you have. You’ll get a quicker start by using a whole grain flour, like rye or whole wheat, and you’ll also have more luck using organic flours if possible (less chemical residues to inhibit yeast growth). Set aside for 24 hours.
3. After 24 hours (day 2), add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water. Stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside.
4. Day 3: add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside. You might be seeing a few bubbles in your mixture an hour or so after “feeding” it the flour and water; that’s good!
5. Day 4: discard all of your starter mixture except for 25 grams (or you can start with a clean jar and measure in 25 grams of your starter mixture and add your next ingredients to the clean jar, too). Add 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside. (This would be 2 tablespoons of your original starter mixture, and add 4 tablespoons of water and 6 tablespoons of flour.)
6. Day 5: add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside.
7. Day 6: add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside.
8. NOTE: there will be a time (generally between day 5/6/7 where you transition to a feed one day/discard + feed the next day schedule and then eventually (around day 7) you’ll transition to a discard and feed daily schedule. When you get really consistent results from day to day and it’s rising a lot, then you’ll start transitioning to these schedules.
9. You are going to keep up this schedule until your starter gets lots of bubbles and grows a few hours after you feed it. It can happen in as short as 5 days and as long as 14 days.
10. Your starter is ready when you start getting bubbles, after you feed your starter flour and water, and it doubles in size. Then it is active and ready to bake with!

NOTE: it’s very normal for your starter to be very active in the beginning and then slow down to almost a stop and slowly rev back up again. You did not ruin it! There’s just other bacteria at play in the beginning and those are getting used up. The slow build of the the yeast and the bacteria that you do want is important, so it slowing down is normal. Keep going!

### I made a video of the process to help you better understand! You can find it here:

sourdough starter in glass jar on white countertop

## How to speed up the sourdough starter process:

1. Most schedules will have you feed your new starter every 24 hours, but you can feed it every 12 hours to develop your starter more quickly. Also, you can incorporate whole grains into your feedings. The whole grains have more natural yeast on them and help the process along.
2. If the weather is permitting, try opening a window or allowing your starter to rest in a the shade for an afternoon. Having some fresh air in the house can help the wild yeast find your starter easier.
3. Temperature matters and it will do better warm, about 70-75 degrees F. If your house is cold try keeping it somewhere warm like on top of the fridge (appliances tend to give off heat). You can also do all kinds of little tricks like keep it on a heating pad, wrap it in a warm towel, use warm water when feeding it. These things will help aid your starter!

## Troubleshooting Wild Yeast:

Like with any fermentation project, which, let’s face it, is basically a science experiment, you may experience problems when capturing and using wild yeast. Here are some common abnormalities you might run into and what you should do about them.

No Bubbles: If your starter has zero bubble by day 7, throw it out and try it again. I haven’t met anyone that this has happened to, but I have heard that if your house is very sterile, there might not be enough natural yeast to take. That being said, as I’ve helped many many people start their own sourdough starter, I have found that if there aren’t any bubbles, people aren’t keeping it warm enough, not giving it enough fresh air, aren’t measuring the ingredients well and starting off with a really thin starter, or they’re not following the schedule very well and things are just off. Also not, it’s very normal for a starter to be very active in the beginning and slow down to almost a stop in the middle before slowly building back up. This is normal and part of the process. If yours slows down in the middle, keep going!

Mold: If your starter starts to look moldy, is tinged red, or stinks, then throw it out and try again. I’d also recommend when you try again, to let your starter rest in a new location, like the dining room or living room. Kitchens can have mold spores really easily, and it just takes one to ruin a batch of starter, especially when it’s new and not developed. Kitchen strainers can have a bit of mold in the legs or where they collect water, and even window sills can get a little mold in the cracks from getting wet with condensation over the winter.

Excess Liquid: If you get a thin layer of water on the top of your starter after the rest period, that’s OK. Just pour it off and feed it like normal. You have the bacteria that you need; you just need more yeast now. Try some of the tricks in the speeding up the process section (I’d move it to a new location in the house with more air flow or take it outside for a few hours).

woman pouring sourdough into bowl

## Frequently Asked Questions:

### How do I know when my starter is ready?

Your starter will be very bubbly, double or triple in size after feeding, will smell like yeast bread, and will be a bit frothy on top (you’ll see bubbles and activity on the top of the jar). For most people, it will be ready to go after 7-10 days. If you live in an arid climate, it can take as long as 14 days to be fully ready. Another test: after feeding, when the starter is at its peak of bubbles and height, you can put a 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of the starter in a cup of water. If it floats, it’s ready. If it sinks, keep feeding it and try again in a few days (or try sooner after feeding — if it’s started to deflate after feeding, it will sink, too).

### Do I have to feed more sourdough starter every day for the rest of my life?

You do not need to feed your starter every day once it is established (doubling or tripling in size after feeding). Simply feed it, allow it to bubble a bit at room temperature (1 to 3 hours after feeding), and then stick it in the fridge, lightly covered (I put a lid on it, but don’t screw the lid down). If you are not baking, remove it from the fridge and feed it once a week. When feeding it, discard all the starter excepts for 25 grams and add 50 grams of water and 50 grams of flour to the 25 grams of remaining starter. Let it rest at room temperature for 1 to 3 hours, and then cover and stick back in the fridge. You can keep up this schedule for a very long time. And if you miss a week here or there, it’ll be fine.

### If I’ve kept my sourdough starter in the fridge, how do I prepare it for baking?

To use your starter out of the fridge, simply remove it from the fridge and stir in 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water (don’t discard here). Let it get bubbly, and then you are ready to use it. I normally pull mine out and feed in the morning to prepare it to make a batch of bread dough that evening (the dough will rest overnight and be baked the next day).

### What is that black/brown/white/red spot (or streaks) growing on the top of my starter?

During this process, your starter should smell like yeast bread. If at any time you see mold growing on the top, throw it away and start over. In my 3 years of sourdough making, I’ve only had my starter grow mold once and I know why. (There’s a story here: we were doing a science experiment in the kitchen that involved letting rice mold, and while my starter was not close to the mold, it must has been in the air and traveled to the starter!). That being said, it only takes on mold spore to spoil an immature starter. Mold can be in your kitchen dish drainer or in your window sill from winter condensation. If you have mold issues, try placing your starter in a different part of the house.

### How much starter do I need to make bread?

This is a very small starter; you don’t have a lot to manage or throw away each time. I really like that. Some people keep large quantities of starter and make things like crackers from the discard. If you are using recipes that need more than 50 to 75 grams of starter at a time, you’ll want to make your starter a little larger the morning you want to make that recipe. Or if you want to make more than one loaf at a time, simply feed it more! If I’m doing a lot of baking that day, I’ll feed it 100 to 150 grams of both water and flour, and then I’ll have more starter ready to use. If you are doing a lot of cooking, you might want to keep your starter that large very often. You’ll get a feel for it.

### Can I share my starter with a friend?

Yes! I’d wait and share it after you have gotten it fully developed and ready to bake with it. Simply feed it a double dose, divide it into two jars, and give it to your friend that day with instructions on how to use it, how to care for it, and how to make bread.

### How do I save a starter that has been neglected in the fridge?

If you’ve let your starter go a long time in the fridge without feedings, you will see a layer of liquid on the top. This is hooch or an alcohol that your yeast made. Simply pour off the liquid. It’s OK if the liquid has turned black; it’s just really neglected. If the top of your sourdough starter is a bit black too, scrape it out with a spoon and throw it away. Follow the directions for making a new starter, but on day one, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of your old starter to the mix, then throw the rest away and move forward with the process. It takes about as much effort to bring it back from the dead as it does to make a new one.

## Do I have to throw away the “discard” on the days that I’m discarding and feeding?

No! You can collect it in a jar and keep it in the fridge until you are ready to use it. I use mine in waffles most often. Other common sourdough starter discard recipes include crackers, banana bread, tortillas, and pancakes. You can even add it to a traditional loaf of yeast bread in place of some of the flour and water.

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### Other sourdough bread recipes you’ll love:

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## How to make a sourdough starter

If you want to make your own bread, knowing how to make a sourdough starter will come in handy so that you can have the best developed flavor and texture! It takes a few days as the starter grows and ferments, but I promise it’s easy.

Prep: 2 minutesmins

Resting Time: 10 daysd

Total: 10 daysd

Servings: 1sourdough starter

### Ingredients   1x2x3x

- ▢ 1Glass jar, (about 2 cups)
- ▢ Flour*
- ▢ Water
- ▢ A scrap piece of fabric or cheese cloth to cover the lid
- ▢ Rubber band or screw-on lid to secure cloth

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### Instructions

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- You can use just about any flour that you have. You’ll get a quicker start by using a whole grain flour like rye or whole wheat, and you’ll also have more luck using organic flours if possible (less chemical residues to inhibit yeast growth).

- Set aside for 24 hours.

- After 24 hours (day 2), add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside.

- Day 3: add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside. You might be seeing a few bubbles in your mixture an hour or so after “feeding” it the flour and water; that’s good!

- Day 4: discard all of your starter mixture except for 25 grams (or you can start with a clean jar and measure in 25 grams of your starter mixture and add your next ingredients to the clean jar, too). Add 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside. (This would be 2 tablespoons of your original starter mixture, plus 4 tablespoons of water and 6 tablespoons of flour.)

- Day 5: add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside.

- Day 6: add an additional 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside.

- Day 7: discard all of your starter mixture except for 25 grams (or you can start with a clean jar and measure in 25 grams of your starter mixture and add your next ingredients to the clean jar too). Add 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water, stir well, scrape down the sides, cover, and set aside. (This would be 2 tablespoons of your starter mixture, 4 tablespoons of water, and 6 tablespoons of flour.) NOTE: Sometime around day 5, 6, or seven you make want to start feeding and discarding every day. If you starter is very runny after 24 hours, move to the daily discard and feed schedule.

- You are going to keep up this schedule until your starter gets lots of bubbles and grows in volume to double or triple its size a few hours after you feed it. It can happen in as short as 5 days and as long as 14 days. After day 5, start putting a mark on your jar or a rubber band marking the level of the mixture right after you fed it. Then watch to see if it increased in volume before deflating again.

- Once you start getting bubbles after you feed your starter flour and water and it doubles or triples in volume, then it is active and ready to use! It will smell like yeast dough. ALSO start using a lid that just rests on the jar (don’t screw it down) instead of the fabric at this point so the top of your starter doesn’t dry out.

- Use your starter to make my favorite classic sourdough loaf or any other recipes that calls for a sourdough starter.

- TO REFRESH your sourdough starter: Follow the recipe and use the amount of sourdough starter it calls for, but always make sure you are reserving at least 25 grams of starter. After you use what you need for the recipe, simply put 25 grams of starter in jar, feed it 50 grams of water and 50 grams of flour and set it aside. It’ll be ready to bake again tomorrow. Or see the notes on how to store the starter if you are not baking every day.

### Notes

- If your starter is really growing well, feel free to a move a feed and then discard and feed rotation sooner. And once it starts doubling in size, you can move to a discard and feed (keep 25 grams starter and mix with 50 grams water and 50 grams flour) every day until it’s ready to bake with.
- You’ll know that your starter is ready when it doubles or triples in size after feed AND when it is at it’s peak (risen in size but not yet falling back down), and you place a very small amount (1/4 teaspoon) of the starter in water. It should float. A starter that isn’t ready will sink. The float test isn’t a 100% guarantee though, so don’t take it as gospel truth. If your starter is rising and falling, it’s ready.
- You do not need to feed your starter every day once it is established (doubling or tripling in size after feeding). Simply feed it, allow it to bubble a bit at room temperature (1 to 3 hours after feeding), and then stick it in the fridge, lightly covered (I put a lid on it, but don’t screw the lid down). If you are not baking, remove it from the fridge and feed it once a week. When feeding it, discard all the starter except for 25 grams and add 50 grams of water and 50 grams of flour to the 25 grams of remaining starter. Let it rest at room temperature for 1 to 3 hours, and then cover and stick back in the fridge. You can keep up this schedule for a very long time. And if you miss a week here or there, it’ll be fine.
- To use your starter out of the fridge, simply remove it from the fridge and stir in 50 grams of flour and 50 grams of water (don’t discard here). Let it get bubbly, and then you are ready to use it. I normally pull mine out and feed in the morning to prepare it to make a batch of bread dough that evening (the dough will rest overnight and be baked the next day).
- During this process, your starter will change a lot. At first it might smell stinky and not good. Then it’ll smell like yeast when it is ready.
- If you starter is very thin after 24 hours and before feeding, more to a daily discard and feed schedule.
- The #1 issue I’m seeing with a sluggish starter is a house temperature that is too chilly. Do what you need to to warm it up.
- If at any time you see mold growing on the top, throw it away and start over. In my 3 years of sourdough making I’ve only had my starter grow mold once and I know why. (There’s a story here: we were doing a science experiment in the kitchen that involved letting rice mold, and while my starter was not close to the mold, it must has been in the air and traveled to the starter!)
- This is a very small starter; you don’t have a lot to manage or throw away each time. I really like that. Some people keep large quantities of starter and make things like crackers from the discard. If you are using recipes that need more than 50 to 75 grams of starter at a time, you’ll want to make your starter a little larger the morning you want to make that recipe. Or if you want to make more than one loaf at a time, simply feed it more! If I’m doing a lot of baking that day, I’ll feed it 100 to 150 grams of both water and flour, and then I’ll have more starter ready to use. If you are doing a lot of cooking, you might want to keep your starter that large very often. You’ll get a feel for it.
- Have more questions? Email me! I’d love to help: melissa @ blessthismessblog.com
- Need more information? I wrote a whole cookbook about sourdough and it has day by day pictures for starting a starter! You can get a digital or hardcover sourdough cookbook here.

### Nutrition

Serving: 1 sourdough starter, Calories: 1kcal

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## 127 Comments

1. Abbey says:

   August 10, 2024 at 9:41 pm

   I didn’t read this till a few days in! One day I had liquid on top (like you described) but I just mixed it back in when I fed it instead of dumping it out. Do I need to discard it all and start over? Thanks!

   Reply

   1. Melissa says:

      August 14, 2024 at 3:05 pm

      No no, it’s not that fussy. I just don’t like the flavor of mixing it in. You can just discard and feed like normal on your later schedule and you may find you like the tartness mixing in the hooch brings!


2. Lisa W says:

   June 23, 2024 at 8:11 am

   I am about to make my very first starter 😬

   With regard to using discard for other recipes, do I collect all discard along the way in one jar to use in other recipes?

   And is discard stored in the fridge?

   Beginner questions I know, but I really want to master this. Your recipe is the easiest I’ve seen so far.

   Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙂

   Reply

   1. Melissa says:

      June 25, 2024 at 4:49 pm

      No it’s just waste, you can compost it. It’s not discard yet because it’s not a starter yet, does that make sense? It just gummy flour for a little bit and it’s not great to use. That’s why I make such a small amount because you are only discarding a few tablespoons.


3. Mary says:

   May 30, 2024 at 10:00 am

   I am on day 13 of my starter and it has finally started to rise and double in size and develop a lot of bubbles. I have two questions about the starter. 1. Does the starter fall some after it has rose after the feedings? 2. In your video you said you like to feed your starter whole grains. Would whole wheat flour be good to add to starter and do you add 50gm of whole wheat flour and 50gm water when adding whole wheat flour?

   Thank you!

   Reply

   1. Melissa says:

      June 2, 2024 at 10:39 pm

      Yes, the starter will fall after it’s eaten up the flour energy, it’ll normally rise it it’s height within 12-18 hours and fall once risen in about that same time. You can use whole grains yes, the ratio you wrote it just right!


4. Leslee says:

   April 14, 2024 at 10:23 am

   5 stars

   I have made several starters over the years, this is the easiest guide to follow I have used.

   The tips and extra notes are invaluable! I have never had my starter ready so quickly. I printed this guide and put it in my go-to binder of recipes, and only the best of the best gets the binder privilege.

   Thank you for taking the time to assemble a comprehensive and easy to understand guide. I am a forever fan.

   Reply

5. Bettina says:

   March 26, 2024 at 4:11 pm

   5 stars

   I am having great success (so far) with the starter. I am only on day 3, but am already getting bubbles. I make a lot of sourdough bread each week for the Farmer’s Market, but this is my first air starter. Can I take the first discard and use it to start a second jar of starter or can I discard less than you recommend on the days when you discard all but a small amount of starter? I know that sounds silly, but during the summer months I make about 20 loaves of various sourdough breads a week so I need a larger amount is starter.

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   1. Melissa says:

      March 26, 2024 at 6:17 pm

      If you don’t discard enough you aren’t feeding what’s left enough, does that make sense? By discarding you are making the starter stronger. And you don’t need to put it in another jar because when it’s active you can just feed it a bunch and have a lot of starter. So there’s no real point in managing two when you can just increase the volume of your starter when you need to. So when you are making your 20 loaves of bread, the day before just feed your starter like 500 grams of flour and water and in 24 hours you’ll have an extra 1000 grams of starter to use (or do the math on how much you use, but you don’t need to do that right now because you are getting it going!)


6. liz says:

   February 22, 2024 at 2:19 am

   once it is active do i start to store it in the fridge?

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7. Liz says:

   February 22, 2024 at 1:59 am

   around step 6 should I move to the discard and feed everyday?

   Reply

   1. Melissa says:

      February 22, 2024 at 5:45 pm

      Yes, exactly.


8. lynda says:

   February 3, 2024 at 3:26 pm

   Thanks for this great explanation of how to make a sour dough starter. Since I have tried and failed with 2 others, yours is next. I am getting a sour dough heater by SourHouse. So maybe this will help me out.

   1 other thing. All the pop up ads on this sight make my page freeze and nothing will move. Then one time it even went to “this sight is not available”. Just a heads up. Wish me luck.

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9. ANN says:

   January 13, 2024 at 10:15 am

   Hi,

   Thank you for your videos. I am a beginner in making sour dough bread with a few questions:

   Is the safe if the starter is left in frig for longer time due to traveling ? More concern if the jar explode!!!

   How to control the flavor/ sourdough bread- sour or sweet?

   Thank you again for sharing your recipes.

   Happy New Year

   Reply

   1. Melissa says:

      January 15, 2024 at 8:38 pm

      Hey! The jar won’t explode, you’ll be fine. You can also leave your lid loose too. The longer the bread rests the more sour it gets OR the more starter that is used in the recipe, the more starter the more sour!


10. Gina says:

    December 10, 2023 at 2:43 pm

    Hi Melissa! So many recipes call for a 1:1:1 ratio, which is what I’ve been doing’s but wonder how your suggestion of 1:2:2 changes the starter? Pros/Cons to the different values?

    Reply

    1. Melissa says:

       December 12, 2023 at 4:30 pm

       You starter will be stronger with this ratio, more food!

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