Understanding Sourdough Starter | feeding, ratios, leaven, when to use, what to feed
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- Today I want to walk you through all of the nuances of your sourdough starter to help you better understand the different approaches. We will be covering how to feed your starter, what flour to use when feeding, starter ratios, using your starter in a bread dough, what a leaven is and how to create one, how to change the timing of your feedings and how to speed up or slow down your starter cycle.
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Here are a few timestamps that might be useful:
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Feeding Your Starter & Starter Feeding Ratios
4:13 Increasing or Decreasing Your Starter Amount
5:34 Starter Cycle after Feeding
6:41 Starter Peak Point
8:09 Factors for Cycle Speed
8:42 When to Feed Your Starter
11:35 Changing the Ratios or Feedings of Your Starter
12:22 When is Your Starter Ready to Go into Your Bread Dough
12:22 How Your Bread Changes Depending on Where in the Cycle You Use Your Starter
15:43 Creating a Leaven or "Offshoot" Starter
17:20 Adjusting the Timing of Your Feedings
19:01 What to Do After Using Your Starter in a Dough
20:00 What Kind of Flour to Feed Your Starter
22:10 Changing the Type of Flour You Use to Feed
23:30 Storing & Feeding from the Refrigerator
25:31 Sourdough Discard
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Today's video is an addition to our Sourdough for Beginner's Series. I am walking you through all of the nuances of sourdough starter and explaining the different approaches. Hopefully this will help you navigate the sourdough world a bit better and help you to understand what approach might work best for you.
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Here are a few timestamps that might be useful:
1:54 Feeding Your Starter & Starter Feeding Ratios
4:13 Increasing or Decreasing Your Starter Amount
5:34 Starter Cycle after Feeding
6:41 Starter Peak Point
8:09 Factors for Cycle Speed
8:42 When to Feed Your Starter
11:35 Changing the Ratios or Feedings of Your Starter
12:22 When is Your Starter Ready to Go into Your Bread Dough
12:22 How Your Bread Changes Depending on Where in the Cycle You Use Your Starter
15:43 Creating a Leaven or "Offshoot" Starter
17:20 Adjusting the Timing of Your Feedings
19:01 What to Do After Using Your Starter in a Dough
20:00 What Kind of Flour to Feed Your Starter
22:10 Changing the Type of Flour You Use to Feed
23:30 Storing & Feeding from the Refrigerator
25:31 Sourdough Discard
Baker Bettie hi I really like your way can I use it for my cinnamon rolls can you till me how many grams need to use
Thanks Baker Bettie!
Excellent video!
When I was a kid, we added sugar to our starter. It seems to get it very active & gives it a great scent and flavor.
I wonder if you could comment on adding sugar to starter? I'm not seeing this on TH-cam, but I recall it from childhood and added it to my current starter with great success.
Could you also give measurements in cups and tables spoons please 8n addition to the grams fir those who do not have a kitchen scale or wish to use one.l please. Thank you.
I have a mature starter. I started with 1/4 cup organic unbleached flour, 1/4 cup water. When I discard, I discard half then add the same ratio of 1-1-1. I want to make your sourdough recipe for beginners but it calls for 25grams of mature starter. Do I not discard anything before I use the starter for bread? Id I discarded then I wouldn’t have the 25grams I needed.
Also, is it okay I use all unbleached ap flour?
Can I make rice flour from rice? I have white jasmine short grain and sushi white.
Thank you
Not sourdough related but can we just take a minute to appreciate how well this woman dresses??? Beautiful outfit, hair styled, makeup on point. So chic. 👠💋💄
Wow, thank you!!
FINALLY, a video that explains sourdough starter in a way that is easy to understand. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
easy to understand, not really, gluten morgan has a much simpler explanation, though I do like this channel...
@@james-jq8sk Problem is, Gluten Morgans method really helps to get you started, but after you start, you will have a bunch of questions and this channels videos really helps to keep you going! Start with Gluten Morgans method then move on to this = perfect recipe!
Couldn’t agree more. So helpful to hear not only what to do but why you do it one way or another. Thank you thank you thank you
Seriously! She’s awesome 👏🏽
What a great teacher. She speaks clearly and in proper English; gets to the point and doesn't waffle but goes into enough detail to explain. Also unlike lots of youtubers, isn't a narcissist! Or talk a load of rubbish just to fill time. Or talk so fast and irritate me by the way they speak. Pleasure to learn from you, Bettie.
The BEST sourdough video I've seen so far- and I've seen A Lot of them. Thank you for all that information and for presenting so organized and clear!
You are so welcome!
I just got my starter that I had kept un-fed in my fridge for about 4-5 months, I didn’t know if it was still alive but decided to try feeding, so I fed it every 24 hours in room temp at a 1-1-1 ratio and within 3-4 days it was rising to more than double it’s original height and peaking at around 3.5 hours after feeding.
Day # 1 it didn’t rise at all
Day # 2 it rose a little but just barely
Day # 3 it rose about double, peaking at the 12 hour point
And then day # 4 it rose over double in 3.5 hours.
The reason you want to feed every 24 hours in the first days when reviving a VERY DORMANT/un-fed hungry starter is because the yeast bacteria need time to develop and build up again, if you feed too often you discard a lot of yeast bacteria that would have been beneficial to reviving your starter, I learned from experience.
I hope this helps someone who wants to know if their starter is salvageable and how to build it very quickly from that state, 😊
Ben Starr teaches, leaving the starter in the fridge for up to several months. He uses how much for his recipe and then feeds it and puts it back in the fridge. He never discards. He bakes enough that he keeps a Tupperware tub of starter in his fridge.
You have a gift, please never stop teaching. I have concentration issues but the way you explain I manage to keep focus all the time. I have been watching videos on TH-cam for two weeks now, but only felt confident to iniciate my starter after finding you. I'm even excited about it. Thank you so much!!
I've watched so many videos..and finally had that "Ah ah" moment. Thanks for the clear explanation!
Me too!!! The talked slow and steady enough for me to grasp it!!! Every other video went sooo fast and I was left confused!
You know Bettie, I am really super impressed with how inormative, easy to understand and neatly organized and categorized your sourdough lessons are. Its a lot to understand at the beginning, but the more I read and the more I watch your videos, the more at ease I am starting to be. Thank you so much!!!!! P.S. I am getting ready to start my bread tomorrow!
Out of all the sourdough starter videos I have seen, this is hands down the best!! You have answered the questions I had & brought to light answers to future questions that I didn't know I was going to ask lol. Thanks you sooo much for this video & explaining everything so clearly & easy to understand.
Thanks 😎👍
Glad it was helpful!
Indeed!!!!
I followed a whole group trying to learn sourdough, but it was difficult. I came across you on here. I followed your recipe, and my first and second loaves were amazing!!! They didn’t last in my house more than a few hours. Beautiful loaves, and all because of you!
I am so grateful to you for actually taking on the role of serious instructor! Too many sourdough videos just leave out information.
I agree. There is so much confusing information out there. These videos make so much more sense!
Because they are not professionals. Just home bakers that share what works for them. Still I have learnt bits and pieces from everyone. I think if you want o start baking sourdough (or anything else) you should watch as many and varied as you can to find what works for you. The No Discard Sourdough Starter Betty mentioned from Bake with Jack was the final success for me in the starter department. However I still got valuable information from this video and I agree with this channels viewers, that Bettys presentations are comprehensive without making you lose interest. Learnt a few more tips too.
The most comprehensive guide to sourdough starters I’ve ever seen. It brought my starter and bread to new heights. Literally and figuratively. The feeding schedules and amounts to feed were what I was missing to make the best bread possible. Thank You
Great to hear!
Just started sourdough starter day one for the first time! I read so many articles and watched tons of videos! This one is by far my favorite! Easy to understand and answer all my questions! I’m now comfortable and confident to start my sourdough journey because of this video! 💗💗💗 can’t wait to start baking!
I've been watching and reading stuff on Sourdough all day and I have much less questions after your video now. Thank you.
Great to hear!
Same!!! Love this video!
Of all the sourdough starter videos this one is the BEST!!! Bettie explains the science.
You are the best! I've spent hours on TH-cam studying sourdough and you rule! Keep up the good work!
Wow, thanks! So glad you like my videos!
@@BakerBettie same here
Yes! Everyone just gives THEIR recipe and how THEY make the “best” starter, no one talks about the rules or how you can play with it, etc. finally thank you!
Your work is AMAZING!! GSEKBLAD, MICHIGAN, USA
@@sabrinapulley8049 Amen. Watched several and came away more confused than informed. Betty is the best. She actually tells you what you need to know to UNDERSTAND the process, not just a blizzard of rigid instructions.
FINALLY!! Someone who explains the why! Can’t thank you enough for you clear and concise explanation. Now I can feel confident in adjusting my feedings to accommodate my schedule. Much gratitude Bettie! 🙏🏻
I completely agree! The why behind the method really helps to understand how to adjust the sourdough starter routine to your own needs and home environment! XD Best video series on sourdough I have found on TH-cam.
I could wrap my head around this. Thank you.
I fed my young starter tonight. Wish me luck! Maybe I'll still have it 30 years from now.on my tmbstone it can read "don't forget to feed my starter please!" 🤣🤣
Thank you for your expertise. I am just starting out and am completely confused. I took notes but will have to listen probably 3 more times to feel at all comfortable. Thank you again.
I just watched this for the first time!! You explained sourdough so much better than any other video I’ve watched. Thanks so much. ❤
Very nicely done. I watched a number of videos and made maybe a dozen loaves with more or less success. You cleared up a lot of questions. And made it sound so simple. I love how clearly you speak, I think I understood every single word
Awesome, thank you!
The best baking instructor!
This has to be the BEST and informative video on sourdough I have seen. Anyone looking for something better look no further you wont find it.
thanks so much for the kind words!
After watching so many sourdough tutorials, this is the very best one. I appreciate clarifying the many different approaches.
Great info here. Cleared up a lot of confusion I’d been having about ratios and timings and terms. Thanks for the great work!
Glad it was helpful!
This is such an amazing and informative video. For a home baker who wants to understand sourdough this is a blessing. Thank you so much for the detailed content 🙏🙏
I have searched and searched videos to help me understand starter and you just did it so beautifully! THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I’m just starting my sourdough journey. This is by far the best teaching I’ve found on the subject. Thanks so much!
Newbie here. ✋🏼 You answered many of my questions. Thank you!
So great to hear!
You are an amazing educator! Thank you so much for this video. It's been so hard to find blogs/videos/guides that explain all of this in an easily-digestible, non-overwhelming way. You break everything down SO well!
This was the most easy to understand sourdough video I’ve seen. Thank you so much ❤
I’ve been watching so many videos and reading so many blogs and have been baffled until I found this video. Thank you! You are such a great teacher 👌🏻
You are so welcome!
I am so happy I found you. You have answered all my questions I’ve had. I love that you are a no nonsense instructor. Right to the point. Thank you so much!!
You answered a lot of my questions, thank you.
Best advice on Sourdough starter on TH-cam. I was buzzing but unprepared for it raising as quickly as it did today. So I need to be ready for it tomorrow. It is a completely new starter.
Many, many, many thanks. 😊
When I opened this video I got instantly annoyed how long it was. God I'm glad I kept it running in the background! I ended up absorbing absolutely everything out of it! Amazing bunch of complex information! Thank you!
You truly are amazing! Your videos are not only packed with incredibly information, but you present the information in a very orderly manner, straight to the point which makes it so useful! I loved this video with side by side shaping comparisons! Makes total sense now why a certain technique is performed. Thank you so much!
Thank you. I started playing with sourdough during lockdown and have baked about 10 loaves. This type of in depth information helps me understand how to tweak what I'm doing with confidence. I appreciate this so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Prior to watching yr video, I have taken out 50g starter add 50g water & 50g bread flour to allow it to rise on the counter top overnight. The balance starter is placed back into the fridge without feeding. If there is more starter than required for the recipe, can I transfer the rest back into the starter bottle in the fridge?
Also do I still need to stir in extra bread flour & water into the starter bottle before placing back into the fridge?
Where have you been all of my life? Seriously, this is so incredibly helpful. Thank you!
Edit: Your background is interesting and fun to look at. I’m really glad I found this channel.
Wow! This is the best most thorough, comprehensive education on starter I’ve seen out of many starter videos!! Your an exceptional teacher! Thank you!!
Wow, thank you!
Thanks so much for this video. You do a great job presenting lots of info in a clear and practical way. I’ve been making sourdough for several months and have been pretty happy with the results but this added a lot to what I know and eased confusion on some things (like levain!). I’m looking forward to watching your other videos.
This was extremely helpful and answered so many questions. Thank you very much!!!
You are so welcome!
This was the first video I've watched on the subject that I actually could understand. I've failed at making sourdough many times. I'm ready to try again! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It was a very clear, thorough, and comprehensive lesson. ❤
this is the best sourdough tip video on youtube so far.
Your informative video was a “Godsend” yesterday; you addressed my struggles with Sourdough perfectly. Best of luck in your new space! 🙏
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for the step by step explanation, very pedagogical and professional!
You're very welcome!
Finally!! All my questions answered in one video.
No bullshit padding, concise , clear and to the point.
Subbed!
Awesome!
This is so easy to follow, explains everything, and explores different techniques!! It’s been so hard hearing different points of information and having to self rationalize. I love that you backed this up with scientific explanations of bacterial culture growth!! Thank you
A very well done video. Thank you for addressing all of these topics. I made my own starter and have been baking with it for about a year now. I have used several blogs and TH-cam videos and guidelines but had a lot of questions about the various ways to feed and the impacts of different ratios. I probably wouldn’t have been ready for this comprehensive video a year ago but I ate up every tidbit of knowledge you shared.
Thanks for sharing! I'm so glad you enjoy the articles!
Finally someone teaches us how flexible the process is. You are the best.
If I decide to increase the amount of food I give to my starter midway, do I have to do this more than once over a few days? Or is it enough to do so only once and bake with the starter the next day? My starter is brand new, has been fed for about 8 days in room temperature, and ready to use. I’d like to do this to lower its level of acidity. It smells too acidic.
Thank you sooo much! As a person new to sourdough bread making, I found your video very informative! I definitely will watch some of your other videos you dropped links into in your comments! You were very clear and easy to understand. You laid things out simply for the newbies. You also presented yourself so well!
Thanks so much for this video Bettie. I am new to the sour dough world and about to try baking my first loaf. This has been so helpful! I'm in Auckland, New Zealand and using our lockdown time to give this a go :)
You got this!
Summary:
1) Ratios don't matter (not really)
2) fresh starter without yeast added, takes a week to develop
3) use 1:1 ratio (wheat+water) to get started (add warm water and leave starter to sit covered, but NOT SEALED at room temperature)
4) watch for rise in the jar, dome on top means, still rising and VERY active
5) feed 1:1 ratio wheat and water, but total weight of both can be equal to or half of the starter weight (being added to)
MAKE SURE TO SKIM OF THE DOUGH ONLY AND DISCARD THE "HOOCH" THE LIQUID THAT IS MOSTLY ALCOHOL (also indicates a hungry starter)
6) after AT LEAST 5 days, starter may be ready for use, feed and watch for dome, just prior to max rise is good for mild tasting bread, flattened dome=strong flavor bread
7) feed the starter prior to baking (or for storage in the fridge)
Amazing clarity of information coherently presented. The presentation has been made palatable for novices too. Very meticulous and detailed. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
This is all of the info I was looking for.. finally. Thank you!
you are an amazing teacher 💖
Oh thank you!
A natural! Keep up the videos!!
Best manual on sourdough! Thank you❤️
Just started my sourdough starter a few months ago, and now that I have a few successes and also fails in my belt, this video was super informative! Thank you for posting this!
When I have my starter at room temperature I only cover it with a towel and it gets crusty and hard on top after 24 hours. I scoop that off and use what's underneath for the feeding - is that okay? Can you cover it with a jar lid all together? I have a starter that' over 100 years and I'm scared to death to kill it! lol
"Don't see a lot of knead for it". A-HAHAHAHAHA
This is the best "tutorial" for sourdough that I have seen!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
This video is so incredibly well made and you explained everything so well. Thank you!
Wow! Really good video! The explanations are really simple. It can be very daunting when people act like there is 1 and only their way to make bread.
Glad it was helpful!
This is such good information. I don’t know what I would do without TH-cam.
What a pleasure stumbling upon your channel today! I am new to starters and you helped explain things and answered so many questions thoroughly and slowly enough for me to understand! I loved seeing your baking kitchen in the background too! I'm sure by now it is different! Thank you!
As a newbie, I sincerely appreciate all of the valuable information in your video. I will definitely be tuning in again! Thank you!🙏🏻
Your video was so incredibly helpful! Thank you!
Hello, I watch you from France and I have understood almost everything . Very clear. Thank you so much.
Betty this is one of the most useful videos I have seen on sourdough. You answered many of the questions that have lingered in my mind about feeding ratios. Thank you so much for putting this up.
Wow. This was the masterclass I needed. I’ve tried making a starter in the past and it worked but did not understand all the details and timing and what to look out for so I never successfully made bread. Thank you so much for sharing. I feel confident in trying it again.
Yep this is it. This is the best sourdough starter video on the internet!
thanks!
Just wanted to say thank you for making this video!! So helpful. I found so many videos explaining how to make starter, but couldn’t find any really explaining it in further detail. This was great! Just what I was looking for :)
I wish I had your memory. This video was nice and straightforward. Great video and well done.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! New here to sourdough bread baking and you not only answered all my questions, but you did it in a very easy-to-understand way.
Thank you very much for teaching me about the stages after feeding.
So clear. I went through a few other video’s and felt discouraged and confused. But this was so informative and logically presented. Thank you!
Best Teacher ever!
thank you!
Thank you so much for being so thorough in introducing me to sourdough starter. You have actually answered all the questions I had.
I'm so glad!
Long video, but a good amount of detail and explanation.. I'm brand new to baking and sourdough. Read that as mostly clueless. So many youtube channels, so many differing opinions and recommendations. It's maddening.
Thank you so much Bettie.After several attempts and failures I'm finally 7 days in with 'Tilly'.
I could listen to you all day, your an amazing teacher and beautiful person.
thanks so much! Go Tilly!
All my questions have been answered. Thank you!
Best sourdough starter video ever! ❤
Everything I needed to know in one place. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video! I've watched a lot of videos about starter, but this onde is the most complete. Got yourself a new subscriber from Brazil.
This is by far the best sourdough starter video i've watched! Thank you soo much!!
Dear Bettie 😍You not only just look like an angel, but sound like one, at least this is how I imagine it. And definitely your knowledge shared with us is like sent and delivered by an angel. I mean it ! I decided to try to live more healthier and make my own bread, with sourdough and had soooo many questions, even after seeing many many videos of other you tubers, but yours just went directly to my heart and enriched my knowledge and understanding. Thank you ❤
Thank you!!!! I've been trying to figure out why my biscuits weren't rising like before. I had switched up my feeding schedule. Now it all makes sense.
Thank you for such an informative video. I'm a newbie sourdough baker with a new starter and you've explained many things I was wondering about.
I really enjoy watching and learning from you...❤️❤️❤️
I know this is old, I just want to say thank you! This helps so much
You're so welcome!
Just discovered your channel earlier this week - I love how your explained all this. It answered a lot of questions I had despite having read lots of bread baking books.
Wow, I am so happy I found you. Thank for sharing.
How wonderful to listen to you speak. No kinda, sort of, umms or ahhhs. You are not afraid of space in your speech. Thank you for being conscious of your words.
Thanks so much! What a great compliment!
I have baked sourdough bread regularly for a couple of years. I did tons of research, watched chefs and many very skilled bakers. I purchased and read books. Never has any of those sources given the vast amount of information about starters I had always wondered about and puzzled about in all that time. I have fretted and worried about most of the things you made simple and easy. I now have the tools to manage my starter and troubleshoot any problems. Thank you soooooooo much. I am so looking forward to watching your other videos and any future ones you make.
You don't know how much this comment made my day Jerry! Thank you so much. I'm so happy you have found it useful!
You truly are the best! I have thought about making sourdough myself but I have been so intimidated by the whole process and had a lot of questions that most other channels never talked about.. Love your step by step approach in great details, offering plenty of options and why and how each option works... I am going to go through your "classes" so I can become an informed casual baker.
You are awesome ! So lovely, calm and positive person!
Was a pleasure to watch you!
Thank you so much for this information. I've spent days researching how to maintain your starter and I came across your video. Wow, it is now beginning to make so much more sense. I definitely will watch all the rest of your Sourdough Starter Videos. Thanks again :)
Thank you so much, really informative.
Such a helpful video for a beginner! When getting started, so many videos reference something or are so vague or overcomplicated. This is perfect! Thank you!
Love love loved this! I’m so glad I found your video! It clarified a lot of things for me and it was very well organized! Thank you for posting this and I’m definitely going to check out your other sourdough videos 😊