Any Home Bakers Here?

[ronott1]

I have a couple of sourdough starter questions:

When you want to use the refrigerated starter in a recipe, do measure out how much you're going to use and then let it warm on the counter? You don't usually use cold ingredients when baking so it seems like the starter should be room temp...is that right?

Any one have a simple no-fail bread recipe I can try out my starter with for the first time?

Take out the sourdough and stir in the hooch(liquid that forms on the top).
Let it warm up for a couple of hours
Use it to make a sponge or start a recipe
Replenish the starter. Every once in awhile, add a tablespoon of potato flour(starch). About very third time, use warm milk instead of water.
Use luke warm water--about 85 degrees

Some recipes call for fed starter--if so, add about half a cup of luke warm water and half a cup of flour. Let it bubble a bit and use. Then replenish.

When the jar gets dirty, put about half a cup of starter in a bowl and wash the jar. Replenish after that.

 

[N F C]

Take out the sourdough and stir in the hooch(liquid that forms on the top).
Let it warm up for a couple of hours
Use it to make a sponge or start a recipe
Replenish the starter. Every once in awhile, add a tablespoon of potato flour(starch). About very third time, use warm milk instead of water.
Use luke warm water--about 85 degrees

Some recipes call for fed starter--if so, add about half a cup of luke warm water and half a cup of flour. Let it bubble a bit and use. Then replenish.

When the jar gets dirty, put about half a cup of starter in a bowl and wash the jar. Replenish after that.

"Hooch"...I like that, lol.

Thanks Ron!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Oh My!
Shouldn't have checked back in on this thread! Now I'm HUNGRY!

Right now I'm dehydrating sweet potatoes in the oven for my dog. These are part of his treats. They always smell so good. I also make homemade dog biscuits. Anyone else do this?

 

[N F C]

Oh My!
Shouldn't have checked back in on this thread! Now I'm HUNGRY!

Right now I'm dehydrating sweet potatoes in the oven for my dog. These are part of his treats. They always smell so good. I also make homemade dog biscuits. Anyone else do this?

I made dog biscuits to sell at a Farmer's Market one time, along with some garden produce. I think I had more dog customers than people ones that day.

 

[N F C]

Is anyone baking or making Halloween treats this year? I'm thinking about trying something but need some ideas.

 

[3goodeggs]

It isn't baking but since the oven is being afuddy dud- dishwasher too! poultry-geists I think-
I figure I can make these to send to the kid.
(Every time he skypes he is so grown up! Thin face... *sigh* he's no kid anymore.)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So cute! Great idea.

 

[sunflour]

It isn't baking but since the oven is being afuddy dud- dishwasher too! poultry-geists I think-
I figure I can make these to send to the kid.
(Every time he skypes he is so grown up! Thin face... *sigh* he's no kid anymore.)

Oh my, your oven and dishwashers both on strike, now that has to be poultry-geists.

Those halloween treats look like fun, bet he would love them.

 

[N F C]

@3goodeggs
The Nutter Butter ideas are cool! I saw the ghosts ones while scouring the web but not the bat or the mummy ones.

My biggest problem would be staying out of the Nutter Butters, that is my #1 favorite store bought cookie!

 

[N F C]

I was thinking about these 2 but I don't know...what do you guys think? Something non-chocolate might be good, guess Nutter Butter whatever would work.