Sour Dough Starter (Experiment 1)

I enjoy making bread and sour dough is one of my favorites.

As my bread making skills improved over the years I have had a

desire to make authentic sour dough bread. But, I (let's be honest here)

have been intimidated by (yes, snicker if you must) flour, water and yeast.

I have read a lot of sour dough gone wrong stories.  Well, today this evening at

7:30pm EST I bit the bullet.  I created my first sour dough starter you see above.

I read, re-read, scoured the Internet for tips, etc.

Took a deep breath and bit the sour dough bullet. 

I hope you will follow my journey down the sour dough path

as I update my blog periodically on the sour dough experiment

growing in my kitchen as you read this.

My Sourdough Starter Recipe

2 cups all purpose flour

2 cups warm water

2 1/4 t of bread yeast

2 t orange blossom honey

Place all ingredients in a large glass or plastic container and cover loosely.

Leave on counter for approximately 5 days.

Stir daily, add 1/4 cup flour and water every other day.

*Yellow "hooch" liquid may appear on top as the alcohol is released. 

Stir this back in the mixture.