All About Sour Dough .

[Delightful Den]

I fed my starter this morning and it is going great guns.  I plan on making my fist loaf of bread tomorrow. Should I give my starter a second small feed tonight or just leave it?

[Halex]

Chookie knows  best.

I woukd feed it personally.

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[achookwoman]

DD,  feed it.

[Delightful Den]

Here it is ready to rise. I followed the recipe at the beginning of this thread but it was very wet and not stiff like a normal bread dough. I hope this is correct.

[achookwoman]

DD,  looks OK.  Possibly a bit too wet,  but should be OK.  Has it risen double?

[Delightful Den]

Not yet, that photo was just after I poured it into the pan.  I has risen quite a bit now but is too wet ad nwas dripping over the sides of the pan so I have swapped it into a round deep silicon cake pan.

I'll know for next time to adjust the water/flour ratio.

[achookwoman]

DD good, always use a pan that is far too big.  If it doesn't rise much ,  cover with foil, for the first 30 mins. of baking, to keep the steam in.  This will help it rise.

[Delightful Den]

It sunk a bit when I brushed the top with the egg wash. Covered it with alfoil for the first half of the baking time but it didn't rise any more.

Tastes ok and texture us a bit like a crumpet.

[achookwoman]

DD,  not bad for a first go.  I have made plenty that look like this.  Think the mucking around with the 2 tins probably didn't help.  I always spray mine with water as you can deflate it with the brush. Have another go because your starter is good.  Thanks for posting the photo.

[Delightful Den]

I fed my starter 1/2 cup flour and water right away after 'harvesting' it this morning. I have enough starter to  have  another go tomorrow. If I do I will use a bit less water or bit more flour and spray the top with water.

[achookwoman]

Good go for it. DD.  Don't make it unless there are plenty of bubbles on the starter.

[Delightful Den]

I will make sure there are plenty of bubbles. The starter seems to be going great guns at the moment.

[achookwoman]

DD ,  what flour are you going to use.?

[Delightful Den]

I'll use white bakers flour again. The colour of my bread comes from the rye starter.

[achookwoman]

Put a couple of cuts in the dough, when you put it in the tin.  These might disappear but will still help with the rising.