Thank you so much for watching. Due to the overwhelming number of comments I get, I can no longer answer them all. To get all your questions answered, check out my Sourdough Course where you have direct access to me supersimplesourdough.teachable.com/p/super-simple-sourdough 😊 ~ Anja
This video is almost 2 years old and I see that you are still answering questions today! Thanks! I'm impressed and happy. I subscribed just because of that!
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that your mom is awesome! The rye flour made a HUGE difference in my starter!! Moms are the best and thank you for doing your TH-cam channel. I always look forward to your videos.
My mother made the most wonderful sour dough pancakes, perfect golden and rarely as blemish spot on them. She would butter them all as they came off the griddle and any leftovers went into the bread drawer. We would slip by in the afternoon and get one, nothing else needed they were great cold without anything else added!
I really love that you described the process as "having a relationship" with the starter! That's so beautiful and really makes sense being that it is a live culture! So neat! Thanks for making this video! You also make it seem MUCH more approachable.
Haha, yes, I love being in a relationship with my starter 😜. After all, these cultures are alive! I am so glad you like my method and thank you for your nice comment 💛 ~ Anja
@@judyeaton3857 For this particular video, I used store-bought buttermilk but I have since then published a video on how you can make your own: th-cam.com/video/5fJfpftr9GA/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome to the contrary. I see you as ANYTHING but “stiff!” You are a natural for sharing your generational wisdom, and we....the benefactors are grateful! 🙋🏼♀️👩🏽🍳🥰
Anja, I know you aren't keen on this video but really it is your best one on this topic. It covers all the details. I've started another sourdough batch for this winter. I was not good at keeping the one I made last fall using your method. I had some unreliable refrigeration problems. I have a nice start on the new one! I look forward to freezing a little and drying some as one of your new videos demonstrates so I don't start from scratch again. Tho I must say the day I mixed this new one using rye, einkhorn, my own well water, and home made kefir and caraway of course! Then I carried it all around my land with the cheesecloth cover and introduced it to all my trees, the garden, the creek, the lavender crop... it was fun and I shook the natural pollen of each as we went along. This older series shows the day by day and how to know when it's ready. This starter is bubbling at the surface but not rising much yet in the jar after just 4 days. Thank you for sharing your experience!
@user, I 100% agree w/this video as being the best. I think every question I had was answered in this particular video. I liked at the end when Anja said something to the fact that she wasn’t used to anyone watching her w/the daily progress. Then day 6, I believe, she was elated when she was rewarded w/bubbles! Such a sweet spirit! So happy I found her and I give the credit to Lisa w/Farmhouse on Boone, (another great You Tube channel).
I really love your “Low Maintenance” approach to sourdough! ALSO- the “relationship” that you refer to - I am working on Day 3 of my starter and things are ‘bubbling’ right along. I had read in another article that putting the starter in the oven with JUST THE LIGHT on would move things along. BOY and HOWDY did it! I had a thermometer in the oven with the starter-with the stater away from the light and closer to the door. Temp= 86 degrees! I only did this to get it started. AND-happy, happy yeasts! Coasting on the counter last night and this morning in my 68 degree kitchen-yeah, my husband likes a cool/cold house. Thanks for your wonderful, carefree demeanor that makes watching so pleasant. It’s just like I’m in the kitchen having a cup of coffee with you! I look forward to more of your videos.
@@OurGabledHome hi thank you for creating this video. I want to attempt your method and I think I will have many questions as I go along but for now can I use my Greek yogurt and thin it down as a substitute for buttermilk pls?
Thank you! I will be tossing my starter I made last spring, because of Passover. I find it interesting it only takes 7 days… so it will be perfect and ready when the fast of unleavened bread is over.
I wish I had found your site sooner! Just made my first scratch sourdough starter the more "usual" way (following a recipe from a flour website), and while it finally has seemed to turn out, I went through SO MUCH flour!!! I will for sure use your method for maintaining my starter :) Thanks for sharing you and your family's wisdom on sourdough and other homestead-y things :)
On day 3 of my first sourdough starter using just whole wheat flour and tap water, I had left out overnight to get rid of the clorine. I have watched a bizillion how-to's on sourdough starter. Yours is my favourite. I had stopped to get groceries, but the store I stopped at had neither rye flour nor caraway seeds. I will try those next time. I made my starter quite thick in hopes of getting a more sour bread (from your 17 tips video). It sttuck to the spoon the first two days . Today, it just started getting a slight sour smell and slid off the spoon. It had a very few bubbles yesterday. Today, it had about double the bubbles. I expect it will take awhile.in my cool kitchen. Looking forward to developing my relationship. Thank you so much for the encouragement!
I’m new to baking sourdough bread & was feeling so overwhelmed with the process until I found you! I was ready to give up but you have given me Hope & desire to try again with your approach! Thank you 🙏😊
I started baking a variety of breads and buns several years ago as I became more & more disappointed with store breads as they lacked in taste, went to three evening classes led by the youngest profi baker in Austria. I was interested in your approach to making a starter. I will definitively give it a try. Thanks for your informative video. Schöne Grüße aus Villach.
I’m in Ireland and it’s 1:15am in lockdown. I’d been looking into making sour dough for a while now but it seemed complicated so I was putting it off. I’ve just made your started right now in the middle of the night because it looks so natural and easy. I had also put off making brown soda bread for years as so many methods seemed complicated and I was constantly messing it up. I learned to relax and trust myself with the soda bread after a lady I cared for showed me how to make it. I found I was able to make it easily after they and now people ask me for that recipe all the time and really enjoy it. I really enjoyed your video lesson. I’ll pop back into the comments and let you know how it goes 🤞thank you 🙏
Nice!! You are doing it exactly right: just do it and trust your instincts! Sourdough isn't and shouldn't be complicated all at!! Thank you so much for your sweet midnight comment 💛 ~ Anja
Danke for the instructions & your patient responses to viewers’ comments. Am learning a lot just by reading your answers! Look forward to getting “started.”
I’m SO thrilled to find your channel, and I think I have watched each of your sourdough videos at least three times each now! I’m on day 6 of my starter and so far, so good!! I’m so grateful for your method, your amazing homestead-based skills and tips, and your fun, easygoing presence!! So fun!! Thanks for making these amazing videos! Bis spater. ❤️
Aww ... reading sweet comments like yours certainly make my day! I am so glad you like me sourdough method and my videos. Thank you so much and tschüss 💛 ~ Anja
I really like your method! I don't like all the discard methods. I wonder if the feed/discard method takes so long because of all the discarding . I have watched some of your other videos on sourdough and hope to see more. 😊 Keep sharing, you have some good stuff!
I have to say THANK You!!! Thanks to your method I have now baked my second loaf of sourdough bread and it is delicious. Easy to make( I used yogurt) easy to maintain. Always wanted to do it naturally but all the measuring,discarding,weighing put me off. Not anymore❤❤❤
Nice work. To my dough, I frequently add yogurt, or replace the water with whey (from cheese that I've made). One might not be able to distinguish that it's there, (or exactly what it is) but when it's not added it is quite conspicuous by its absence. best of success for your future endeavors.
Thank you so much for all your SUPER IDEAS. I now put a couple of Tablespoons FLOUR on top of my Genesis2 Sourdough Starter before I place it in the refrigerator....following feeding after using it to Bake. My Bread is still GREAT and mu sourdough is SUPER TOO. I bake every two weeks. ...sometimes more.
So glad you have these videos. Hoping to try and make a starter and sourdough, and as well as all of the confusion and complicated info around, anxious as I can't smell 2 years on from covid so can't depend on that. Nice to see visual cues too
This is my first time making a traditional sourdough starter I'm using Einkorn wheat and buttermilk, it started out okay and then about day ten it just kind of went flat for a few days so I fed it some sugar which is what I use in my quick set sourdough starter to activate the store-bought yeast and it worked. Thanks for your help.
I am having fun experimenting, so I created a second starter using this method, my first one was done with just Einkorn flour and water. This method made a really strong starter! It was probably ready on day 6, but I added a little more flour and gave it an extra 2 days, then it was bubbling like crazy, despite of a cold spell. It has a lot more dairy smell than my other starter, who is more on the vinegar-y side, the first one also isn't quite a strong (but usable, it made good bread, albeit dense. I only use 100% whole grains). First loaf with the new starter and whole Einkorn came out great, quite fluffy for 100% whole grain!
I'm excited about trying this starter, I've never had any luck before. I don't have any butter milk so decided to make some by adding 1tbsp of lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and leave it to sit for 20mins till it sets. Hope it works, will clock back in and let you know how my starter turned out. Thank you for this starter recipe.
@@priyaannc Thank you for that information. That is why it hasn't worked, I got some bubbles on the 2nd day and now it's day 7 and nothing has happened. ☹️☹️☹️
Hi Anja! My name is Anne from India. Happened to see ur video yesterday and immediately subscribed. Your such an amazing person loaded with knowledge about everything. So much to learn from you. Thank you so much for this sour dough recipe and much more. God bless you and your family.
Danke, gracias, merci, thank you!!!! I can’t tell you how many starters I threw away because nothing happened . I started one 2 days ago and yay so many bubbles. I’m so excited to make a loaf in a few days. You are an absolute lifesaver.
Hello, thanks for your videos. My question is-what you do when you use that amount to make the bread? Do you leave a certain amount in the jar and just add flour and water again?how much? Do you still grow that new one for six days? I’m so confused, although baked lots of bread with fresh yeast. Thanks
Anja, My SD bread turned out so good yummy! I used your starter method, but with yogurt as you suggested, added caraway seeds. I can't stop eating it. Thank you!
So glad to have come across you in someone else's video. I am on day 7 of making a starter and it does not want to be alive. Lol. Then I heard you say if we don't use sourdough we may not have any wild yeast in our air. Makes sense. I'm no quitter, I'll try to revive this one, but I also wanna make one your way. I will be going through all your vids. I am about to go all natural in my home. Hope the family is ready!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I made my sour dough starter 6 days ago, and checked it this morning and I have bubbles. YAY! You are so much fun to watch; thanks for your happy attitude. I love that your sour dough baking has been generational. Can't wait to make my bread. Have a beautiful day!
Hello, thank you for the tutorial which is easy to understand :) Can I ask why do we use buttermilk and not just water to make the starter? Would be trying for the first time .
Hi Jasmine, you can absolutely just use water. I like using buttermilk because the active live cultures in it give the sourdough starter a jumpstart. Thank you for commenting and happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
I know this is an older video but I've watched it a few times and will probably watch it a couple more times...so I finally went for it and started mine today!! I'm using Bob's Red Mill organic dark rye flour. I don't have a beeswax wrap yet but I'm my to do list.. I covered it with a cloth and used the band to keep it closed.. my kitchen is about 68deg... Hope it turns out. Thanks for such a great video!😊❤️
Yay! That makes me so happy to hear!! It sounds like you're doing everything right and cloth works great to keep critters out. Happy sourdoughing thank you so much for your sweet comment ~ Anja
I typed in "sourdough starter", watched a few clips and I have to say that falling on your channel was a god-send :) I love your method of explaining. I am subscribed now and looking forward to my journey into the sourdough world with your help. Thank you so much !!!
Well I started my starter just as you did 3 days ago. This morning it had risen to the top of the jar so I did what you do. First the smell test, then the wooden spoon tapping and stirring. It smell very sour but I will give it another day before trying to bake something. This starter is very thick almost like a very very sticky wet dough? Hoping it’s the start of a great starter 😃. Thank you very much.
Hi Sharon, that sounds so awesome and right on! I hope that you will now bake a lot of breads and other goods! Thank you so much for sharing 💛😍💛 ~ Anja
Ohmygoodness, I I’m watching your other sourdough starter video so I followed the link to this. Every other recipe for this is soo precise, weigh flour and water add to every 24 hours, sing to- etc. this seems tooeasy/good to be true, but it’s right up my alley. Thanks so much!
I really love the way you get so excited as it develops beautifully! 💪🏻😇🙏🏻✌🏻🤪👍🏻I started two actually today,(don't ask🥶) with Kifer!! I'm so excited🥳I really am!😎 Thank you for your love of sourdough!(can I say that?)😇🙏🏻✌🏻
@@OurGabledHome Found a bit of white fuzz in one of my starters(on the side of jar) I was torn, should I chuck it? Or no? I got brave and gave the whole thing a good stir and put in some fresh flour, two days later it looks and smells fine!💪🏻 I think I saved it!🤪 I just figured the good bacteria will kill the evil bacteria(if that what the fuzz was!) It was pure white but it disturbed me so I just stirred in some fresh flour and hoped for the best! Next morning it was all the way to the top of the jar, and no sign of "whitey"!!! I want to keep it going so it gets stronger and more sour! Am I missing something?🤯😎
I'm very pleased with my first loaf baked with this starter that you taught me. I've not seen an easier more to the point process anywhere. And boy do I have a lot of starter for much more bread Thanks so much! Now on the How to Make Buttermilk school! And of course more bread! 😂🍞🥖
THIS is the method that appeals to me. I've watched many videos/read blogs, but none have encouraged me to try that method, but this one does! Wish me luck! I hear sourdough is so much better for you. I plan on using fresh milled flour. Any recommendations on which wheatberry to use? I am not a rye fan, but maybe that's my child's mind. Would love feedback. God bless 💗
Great! As for what kind of grains or flour, I would say use what's easiest to find. I often switch things up myself and all the breads come out beautiful. Thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
Thank you for the video. This will be my first sourdough starter. I've watched so many videos that were so scientific and seem to require a commitment that was just too much. I've just mixed up my flour and buttermilk. I'll comment as I get further along.
Wow! I'm a true novice. I started noticing tiny bubbles yesterday! I doubted myself and said they must be from me stirring it and incorporating air. But today, it's bubbling like a witch's cauldron! I can't believe it still. I'm almost frozen in my tracks. Is it really time to make my first sourdough bread using my own starter? I'm so excited!
Thank you! For this method to work, you do need buttermilk. There is an updated version of this video with more info: th-cam.com/video/whGTP6YkRzg/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
Just starting out I made one bread and I’m working on my second sourdough because I was traveling I’ve got to take it out of the refrigerator and so anyhow I’m doing a new one are using your method and so far so good thank you
Thank you thank you thank you thank you I am sort of a no measure gal so happy to find you and that is so much easier to keep in the feedings thank you! I just ruined a sourdough starter that somebody gave me and I’m kind of happy it happened because that’s how I found you so I’m going to start your method today or tomorrow!
Yes, you can also use yogurt or kefir. If you are looking for a non-dairy alternative, you can use plain kombucha. The most important part is that whatever you use has live active cultures in it. 😊 ~ Anja
I know this is an old video (and you said in a newer video not to come watch this one 😆 but I disobeyed 😉) This was amazing!! I have never seen starter done like this. Thank you for sharing!
Well darn it , I was really hoping this would work for me, but it did not. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. Twice my starter got mold before it was ripe. The first time on day 6, and the second try on day 3. I was careful and hygienic, doing just as instructed here. Tthe room is not hot or humid but 72f consistently. The small amount of water used was distilled. I live in a very dry part of the world. I used unbleached bread flour. I kept it covered with a loose lid. I’m going to try a method without buttermilk instead.
Sounds good. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what has been going wrong but it seems like you did all the right things. Hope you have more luck with a flour-water sourdough starter, though 😌 ~ Anja
I love your site! I am trying the sourdough starter today. Have worked the other type, even took a class. This seems more authentic. I'll report later on my progress. Also want to try making the wax covers. I have some and they are not cheap!
Anja, Thank you for sharing your method of sour dough starter. I started mine 5 ago with the caraway seed. It never seemed to bubble and this afternoon it had a black mold place toward the top of the jar. I had it in a glass mason jar and covered with a papertowel. Does it need to be air tight? What did I do wrong. Thank you
Mold can form for a number of reasons: the jar not being clean (even soap residue can mess up your SD starter), mold spores in the air, contaminated water, or temperatures too hot and/or too humid. The starter does not have to be airtight, just keep the critters out. I recommend starting over again. I have another video you might like: th-cam.com/video/NGqHjRttVXQ/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome Thank you for the response. I ran everything thru the dishwasher and began again. I have some bubbles and it smells nice. I'm an 80 year old who always wanted to do sour dough, but the more I read the more scientific it seemed. When my children were home I used to bake daily, with a starter called everlasting yeast. When I found your channel I thought this method would work for me. Thank you for sharing.
@@maryfletcher5073 that sounds great! My best advice would be to not give up! There is no age limit on sourdough. Once you get it going, you'll be glad you persisted. Best of luck 🍀 ~ Anja
Thank you! I grew up eating sourdough bread. When my mom married my dad he told her to go to her new mother-in-law to learn how to make her own sourdough starter and bake sourdough bread. She then learned this generations-old sourdough starter recipe that I am still using today! So you can see I have been around sourdough for a very long time.😊 ~ Anja
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this method. As someone new to making bread I wanted to learn but so many videos were a lot of feedings and discards and seemed confusing, complicated and wasteful. I almost didn’t try until this video. I made my first loaf last night and eating tonight. So good! And storing it the way suggested because I don’t bake every day is also awesome. I know your video is older but how would you share starter with someone else ? Would you feed and then divide or divide it and feed each portion?
I am so glad to hear you're enjoying my SD method! You can absolutely feed your starter a bit more flour (and water), then divide it, and give it to someone else 👍 ~ Anja
I tried other sourdough starter...unfortunately, never worked for me( I probably was impatient, and thought I did it wrong) I loved that you went through each day... being patient for the perfect smell, and look. I appreciate that you don’t waste(discard).... you’ve inspired me so much tonight that I actually paused the video after you made your starter, and went to the kitchen to make my own...(had just enough buttermilk)😉 Now back to your video, and excited this may be just the starter I needed. Thank you 😊 🥖 🍞🥰
Hi Renee, yes, you can absolutely only use water and flour but then the process is different (i.e. you will need to do discards and feedings). Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
Hi Theresa, I am so glad you like my sourdough method! I am releasing an updated video on the same method on 4/12/22 that you might like as well 😊 ~ Anja
Hi I’m in love with your sour bread method . Unfortunately I don’t find cultured butter milk in Sri Lanka to make the sour dough starter . Please tell me how to make a cultured buttermilk . We do get curd and plain yogurt and fresh milk . Please help me if possible Thank you
I just wanted to Thank you for this video. I tried to make a starter 2 times and failed. So I found this video and tried it and oh my it sure did work. I even had to go on a trip from Tx to La and brought it with me because it was not done yet. While in La it rose and almost overflowed my jar. I was so excited. It was quick. I saw nothing for several days then one day I saw a few bubbles, stirred it and left it alone till the next day. I opened it and it has rose to about 1/2 from the top. So I stirred it down and fed it. By 2pm it was almost over topping the jar so I started my first ever sourdough bread. I can't say it was a complete success but I won't say it was a failure either. It just did not rise very much. I think the recipe I followed was not a good one. But anyway my picky grand daughter who will NOT eat the crust of regular bread loved it and ate the crust. So now I am looking for a recipe you use for sourdough bread and will try that tomorrow. I have to get my starter out of the fridge this evening. Again, Thank you so much for sharing. God Bless
That is so awesome! I am so happy for you to have a good sourdough starter. Have you tried my easy no-knead sourdough bread: th-cam.com/video/s1wpHMEhc08/w-d-xo.html 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome I only made the one so far. Was with my 2 year old grand son who had a lil surgery so it was a bit too hard to do more. I did as you said and put a lot of flour in it and some on top and put it in the fridge. I wanted one with just the sourdough starter. The one I used the other day was a one day one. I did not have the time to let it go overnight. lol Thanks again.
Thank you, Karen, I am so glad you're enjoying my videos! I have a free concept pattern: th-cam.com/video/s7kUHrRluJ4/w-d-xo.html and a fully downloadable, printable pattern: th-cam.com/video/_HMp5Builgs/w-d-xo.html Happy sewing 😊 ~ Anja
Dear Mam, I am so so glad to find your channel, especially this video showing how to make a starter without feeding and wasting. I made my starter with spelt flour and caraway seed and I place the jar in the owen cause my house is kind of cold during winter. Today is the 4th day and my starter rose more than double in size and it reached the top of the jar. I wonder if I can use it to make breads by now or should I wait till 7 days? Again thank you so much for sharing a wonderful recipe and tips. Please continue with more helpful videos. 🙏🏻
It could very well be that you already have a good starter on day 4!!! You could do the float test (drop a bit of starter in a glass of water, it it floats, it's ready) or try baking with it! That is so awesome!!! Thank you so for sharing and for commenting 💛 ~ Anja
Hi - I am not sure how the sourdough is supossed to smell. I have made one and it startet rising after two, maybe three days, but after that it stopped even tough I followed the feeding recomdations from other recepies. My sourdough smells tangy and sour, but since it is my first time dealing with sourdough. But it does not rise and it does not seem very airy. Would you recomend that start over or is there a way to get it to be more active, like maybe adding more rye flour? Great video!😄
Sourdough should smell pleasantly sour and have a slightly fizzy taste. You can always keep it out a little longer and rye flour will certainly boost it. Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
You are a great teacher and obviously a very nice person. I am starting my starter today and used Greek yogurt instead of buttermilk. After my starter is ready to go can I use bleached flour when making my bread? Also, will the chlorine in our local water cause problems? Thanks! George
aww ... thank you so much for you kind comment! Bleached flour should be fine; sourdough is pretty forgiving but I would use filtered water if you can. Hope this helps and happy baking ~ Anja
great video full of information...thank you for sharing...I have a question, can I use the powered buttermilk that I have? I buy it at a grocery store, and you add water to make it liquid.
Hi Dora, I am so glad you like my sourdough method! You can use powdered buttermilk as long as it is cultured (should say that on the label). Hope this helps and thank you for your nice comment 😊 ~ Anja
I am so glad i found your channel. I have been watching so many that make it so complicated. I am really surprised that you don't add more flour or water each day and you are not looking for it to double. Did I miss something
Hi Renee, sourdough does not have to be complicated and have been using this method for decades. My method works every single time - just as I describe in the video. Hope this helps and happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
Renee...that is what makes this particular sourdough starter so fabulous is you don't have to weigh and discard and all those complicated steps...plus it's more "mellow" that the ones that require all the steps...but end up sooooo darn tangy that you can't enjoy the bread!!!
@@OurGabledHome it does! I have live culture plain yogurt! Hadn't thought of that! Is it an equal substitute? Sorry for all the questions. I am new to this. I like your "style" (version) of sourdough. It seems most flexible!
@@shervin6711 If your yogurt is very thick you can add a bit of filtered water so that your starter has the consistency of thick pancake batter. And yes, it is a very easy and flexible method 😊 ~ Anja
First time watching your video, I will start following you and will do your fermentation yeast. It was very hard for me to find the caraway seeds 😢 I laugh 😂 so much when I googled it caraway seeds. Because I have used caraway seeds all my life 😂😅 Cumin seeds 🤦🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️💁🏻♀️ Thank you 😊 I will send a new message and let you know how my yeasts works and bread 🥖 thank you 🙏🏻
Hi Cecilia, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear that you are loving your sourdough and your bread! Thank you so much for commenting 💛 ~ Anja
Hi ive just been searching for a good sour dough starter and came across your video. Ive already started one off irs been about 4 days now and its basically doing hardly anything. I only used water and flour the discard method and see you haven't taken any out or added any too it. Plus i didnt use butter milk i only used water from the instructions ive been given. My question now is can i stop adding flour to it and discarding and add some buttermilk to it tomorrow instead of messing about each day. Im well impressed with your video. Im just wondering if i have to start over a new batch as i want mine to be just as good as your now.
@@OurGabledHome hi thanks i did that also i added some caraway seeds only a few and now i have the best sourdough starter ever ive named her Deedee after my late mother Denise Deedee for short she was a tough nut too 😂 😂. Ive even gifted some of my starter to a friend and dehydrated some incase i botch what i have up. It all started with your video i got the courage to take the plunge thankyou so much x
Yes, you can! You might have to tweak the recipe a bit since einkorn behaves slightly different than wheat but it will make a beautiful, delicious sourdough starter! Have fun and let me know how it turned out 💛 ~ Anja
I'm a new subscriber and have watched one other of your videos so I decided to watch you create the sourdough. I'm enjoying watching so far but I'm also enjoying watching the lovely plant on the right hand side of your windowsill with the pink flower. May I ask what it is? And thank you for being so kind as to share your knowledge of sourdough starters and bread. I spent many years in Germany and enjoyed and loved the breads so very much. Brotchen is one of my favorites. And finally, America is beginning to make and enjoy really crusty breads instead of the "bagged air" available in the grocery stores. Again, thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your nice comment and for sharing your story! Germans sure love their Brot and Brötchen 😊. Honestly, I can't tell you what that pink flower is. The greenery is cut boxwood but I can't remember what the flower is 🤷♀️
Thank you so much for watching. Due to the overwhelming number of comments I get, I can no longer answer them all. To get all your questions answered, check out my Sourdough Course where you have direct access to me supersimplesourdough.teachable.com/p/super-simple-sourdough 😊 ~ Anja
This video is almost 2 years old and I see that you are still answering questions today! Thanks! I'm impressed and happy. I subscribed just because of that!
thank you so much for your comment! And yes, I love interacting with the community and my viewers 😊 ~ Anja
I am so grateful that I found your video! I have no patience for all the weighing and measuring!
Haha, yes, welcome to my methods ... I call myself "the queen of eyeballing" ...
Hi, I just wanted to tell you that your mom is awesome! The rye flour made a HUGE difference in my starter!! Moms are the best and thank you for doing your TH-cam channel. I always look forward to your videos.
So glad you're enjoying my videos! Thank you so much for your sweet comment 😊 ~ Anja
I just made mine about 8-10 days ago and was beginning to,give up. Then, viola! I checked today and it was awesome! Thank you for sharing this method!
My mother made the most wonderful sour dough pancakes, perfect golden and rarely as blemish spot on them.
She would butter them all as they came off the griddle and any leftovers went into the bread drawer. We would slip by in the afternoon and get one, nothing else needed they were great cold without anything else added!
they sound super delicious! Thank you for sharing ~ Anja
I really love that you described the process as "having a relationship" with the starter! That's so beautiful and really makes sense being that it is a live culture! So neat! Thanks for making this video! You also make it seem MUCH more approachable.
Haha, yes, I love being in a relationship with my starter 😜. After all, these cultures are alive! I am so glad you like my method and thank you for your nice comment 💛 ~ Anja
I never seen starter made with buttermilk. Amazing! I am impressed how natural you are; and relaxed. Love it!
Actually, that was one of my first videos in which I find myself very stiff 🤣 ~ Anja
@@judyeaton3857 For this particular video, I used store-bought buttermilk but I have since then published a video on how you can make your own: th-cam.com/video/5fJfpftr9GA/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome to the contrary. I see you as ANYTHING but “stiff!”
You are a natural for sharing your generational wisdom, and we....the benefactors are grateful! 🙋🏼♀️👩🏽🍳🥰
Anja, I know you aren't keen on this video but really it is your best one on this topic. It covers all the details. I've started another sourdough batch for this winter. I was not good at keeping the one I made last fall using your method. I had some unreliable refrigeration problems. I have a nice start on the new one! I look forward to freezing a little and drying some as one of your new videos demonstrates so I don't start from scratch again. Tho I must say the day I mixed this new one using rye, einkhorn, my own well water, and home made kefir and caraway of course! Then I carried it all around my land with the cheesecloth cover and introduced it to all my trees, the garden, the creek, the lavender crop... it was fun and I shook the natural pollen of each as we went along. This older series shows the day by day and how to know when it's ready. This starter is bubbling at the surface but not rising much yet in the jar after just 4 days. Thank you for sharing your experience!
I am so glad you like this video. The content is still relevant 3 years later but the production value could certainly be better 😌 ~ Anja
@user, I 100% agree w/this video as being the best. I think every question I had was answered in this particular video. I liked at the end when Anja said something to the fact that she wasn’t used to anyone watching her w/the daily progress. Then day 6, I believe, she was elated when she was rewarded w/bubbles! Such a sweet spirit! So happy I found her and I give the credit to Lisa w/Farmhouse on Boone, (another great You Tube channel).
I really love your “Low Maintenance” approach to sourdough! ALSO- the “relationship” that you refer to - I am working on Day 3 of my starter and things are ‘bubbling’ right along. I had read in another article that putting the starter in the oven with JUST THE LIGHT on would move things along. BOY and HOWDY did it! I had a thermometer in the oven with the starter-with the stater away from the light and closer to the door. Temp= 86 degrees! I only did this to get it started. AND-happy, happy yeasts! Coasting on the counter last night and this morning in my 68 degree kitchen-yeah, my husband likes a cool/cold house.
Thanks for your wonderful, carefree demeanor that makes watching so pleasant. It’s just like I’m in the kitchen having a cup of coffee with you!
I look forward to more of your videos.
Yes, warmth will speed up your SD starter. I am so glad you enjoy my videos and thank you for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome hi thank you for creating this video. I want to attempt your method and I think I will have many questions as I go along but for now can I use my Greek yogurt and thin it down as a substitute for buttermilk pls?
Thank you! I will be tossing my starter I made last spring, because of Passover. I find it interesting it only takes 7 days… so it will be perfect and ready when the fast of unleavened bread is over.
Wonderful!
I wish I had found your site sooner! Just made my first scratch sourdough starter the more "usual" way (following a recipe from a flour website), and while it finally has seemed to turn out, I went through SO MUCH flour!!! I will for sure use your method for maintaining my starter :) Thanks for sharing you and your family's wisdom on sourdough and other homestead-y things :)
Hi Kathy, I am so glad you like my sourdough method and my videos! Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
On day 3 of my first sourdough starter using just whole wheat flour and tap water, I had left out overnight to get rid of the clorine. I have watched a bizillion how-to's on sourdough starter. Yours is my favourite. I had stopped to get groceries, but the store I stopped at had neither rye flour nor caraway seeds. I will try those next time.
I made my starter quite thick in hopes of getting a more sour bread (from your 17 tips video). It sttuck to the spoon the first two days . Today, it just started getting a slight sour smell and slid off the spoon. It had a very few bubbles yesterday. Today, it had about double the bubbles. I expect it will take awhile.in my cool kitchen. Looking forward to developing my relationship. Thank you so much for the encouragement!
You are so welcome. You can do it!
I’m new to baking sourdough bread & was feeling so overwhelmed with the process until I found you! I was ready to give up but you have given me Hope & desire to try again with your approach! Thank you 🙏😊
You are so welcome! You've got this!
I started baking a variety of breads and buns several years ago as I became more & more disappointed with store breads as they lacked in taste, went to three evening classes led by the youngest profi baker in Austria. I was interested in your approach to making a starter. I will definitively give it a try. Thanks for your informative video. Schöne Grüße aus Villach.
Thanks for sharing! Hope you enjoy it!
I’m in Ireland and it’s 1:15am in lockdown. I’d been looking into making sour dough for a while now but it seemed complicated so I was putting it off. I’ve just made your started right now in the middle of the night because it looks so natural and easy.
I had also put off making brown soda bread for years as so many methods seemed complicated and I was constantly messing it up.
I learned to relax and trust myself with the soda bread after a lady I cared for showed me how to make it. I found I was able to make it easily after they and now people ask me for that recipe all the time and really enjoy it.
I really enjoyed your video lesson. I’ll pop back into the comments and let you know how it goes 🤞thank you 🙏
Nice!! You are doing it exactly right: just do it and trust your instincts! Sourdough isn't and shouldn't be complicated all at!! Thank you so much for your sweet midnight comment 💛 ~ Anja
Danke for the instructions & your patient responses to viewers’ comments. Am learning a lot just by reading your answers! Look forward to getting “started.”
I love engaging with my viewers! Thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
I’m SO thrilled to find your channel, and I think I have watched each of your sourdough videos at least three times each now! I’m on day 6 of my starter and so far, so good!! I’m so grateful for your method, your amazing homestead-based skills and tips, and your fun, easygoing presence!! So fun!! Thanks for making these amazing videos! Bis spater. ❤️
Aww ... reading sweet comments like yours certainly make my day! I am so glad you like me sourdough method and my videos. Thank you so much and tschüss 💛 ~ Anja
Did u use cold or room temperature buttermilk?
@@maggiewanjogu2168 That’s my question too as i just took mine out to come to room temperature the buttermilk that is.
I really like your method! I don't like all the discard methods. I wonder if the feed/discard method takes so long because of all the discarding .
I have watched some of your other videos on sourdough and hope to see more. 😊
Keep sharing, you have some good stuff!
Anja.....I LOVE this video!!! You said don’t go back and watch it, but I’m SO glad I did!
You are a PRECIOUS human being!
Thank you for being Y*O*U!❤
Wow, thank you!
I have to say THANK You!!! Thanks to your method I have now baked my second loaf of sourdough bread and it is delicious. Easy to make( I used yogurt) easy to maintain. Always wanted to do it naturally but all the measuring,discarding,weighing put me off. Not anymore❤❤❤
Yay! So glad to hear this 😊 ~ Anja
Nice work. To my dough, I frequently add yogurt, or replace the water with whey (from cheese that I've made). One might not be able to distinguish that it's there, (or exactly what it is) but when it's not added it is quite conspicuous by its absence. best of success for your future endeavors.
May I know in what day your starter get reafy to use?
@@dapursemenitsaja9869 It was a while ago…but I believe that it was ready to go by the 5th or 6th day…good luck…been doing this for a while now.
Thank you so much for all your SUPER IDEAS. I now put a couple of Tablespoons FLOUR on top
of my Genesis2 Sourdough Starter before I place it in the refrigerator....following feeding
after using it to Bake. My Bread is still GREAT and mu sourdough is SUPER TOO. I bake
every two weeks. ...sometimes more.
That sounds great! I am so glad to hear you found a method that works for you 👍 ~ Anja
So glad you have these videos. Hoping to try and make a starter and sourdough, and as well as all of the confusion and complicated info around, anxious as I can't smell 2 years on from covid so can't depend on that. Nice to see visual cues too
This is my first time making a traditional sourdough starter I'm using Einkorn wheat and buttermilk, it started out okay and then about day ten it just kind of went flat for a few days so I fed it some sugar which is what I use in my quick set sourdough starter to activate the store-bought yeast and it worked. Thanks for your help.
My pleasure!
I am having fun experimenting, so I created a second starter using this method, my first one was done with just Einkorn flour and water. This method made a really strong starter! It was probably ready on day 6, but I added a little more flour and gave it an extra 2 days, then it was bubbling like crazy, despite of a cold spell. It has a lot more dairy smell than my other starter, who is more on the vinegar-y side, the first one also isn't quite a strong (but usable, it made good bread, albeit dense. I only use 100% whole grains). First loaf with the new starter and whole Einkorn came out great, quite fluffy for 100% whole grain!
Nice!! What you're smelling is the lactic acid (milk) vs the acetic acid bacteria (more vinegary) but in any case, it sounds like you got it 👍 ~ Anja
Oh my gosh…I love you!! You’ve made this sourdough process so easy!! ❤️❤️
Great! I don't like 'complicated', either 😃 ~ Anja
I'm excited about trying this starter, I've never had any luck before. I don't have any butter milk so decided to make some by adding 1tbsp of lemon juice to 1 cup of milk and leave it to sit for 20mins till it sets. Hope it works, will clock back in and let you know how my starter turned out. Thank you for this starter recipe.
Hope you enjoy it!
It won’t work 😢, because here you want cultures of yogurt / buttermilk not just sour tasting milk.
@@priyaannc Thank you for that information. That is why it hasn't worked, I got some bubbles on the 2nd day and now it's day 7 and nothing has happened. ☹️☹️☹️
Hi @priyaannc , so we can use yogurt to replace buttermilk for the starter?
I’m so excited, I actually have buttermilk in the refrigerator, I never have buttermilk. I’m going to do this today for sure! Thank you!!
Oh, I guess this answers my reply to your other comment. Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
Hi Anja! My name is Anne from India. Happened to see ur video yesterday and immediately subscribed. Your such an amazing person loaded with knowledge about everything. So much to learn from you. Thank you so much for this sour dough recipe and much more. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome your welcome so much Anja
Danke, gracias, merci, thank you!!!! I can’t tell you how many starters I threw away because nothing happened . I started one 2 days ago and yay so many bubbles. I’m so excited to make a loaf in a few days. You are an absolute lifesaver.
Aww ... thank you! I am so glad you find this helpful! Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
OMG this is the great method!! I have seen many ways to make it but your is the best! TY!!
Yay! I am so glad you like my sourdough method! Thank you for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
Hello, thanks for your videos. My question is-what you do when you use that amount to make the bread? Do you leave a certain amount in the jar and just add flour and water again?how much? Do you still grow that new one for six days? I’m so confused, although baked lots of bread with fresh yeast. Thanks
Hi, you may find this full blog post helpful: ourgabledhome.com/how-to-make-your-own-sourdough-starter-from-scratch/😊 ~ Anja
Thank you for this simple method, I will definitely give it a try since I’m new to baking and I get discouraged easily!
Yes, it is really simple and it works! Happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
@Phou Chaisouang
Same here!
Anja,
My SD bread turned out so good yummy! I used your starter method, but with yogurt as you suggested, added caraway seeds. I can't stop eating it. Thank you!
Wow, Cindy, that makes me so happy to hear that! Thank you so much for sharing 💛 ~ Anja
Hi Anja.. i live in India..i tried you starter recipe...it worked very well for me...thank you so much for the guidance 🙏
My pleasure 😊
So glad to have come across you in someone else's video. I am on day 7 of making a starter and it does not want to be alive. Lol.
Then I heard you say if we don't use sourdough we may not have any wild yeast in our air. Makes sense. I'm no quitter, I'll try to revive this one, but I also wanna make one your way. I will be going through all your vids. I am about to go all natural in my home. Hope the family is ready!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Goodluck! You can do this!
Thank you so much for sharing this video. I made my sour dough starter 6 days ago, and checked it this morning and I have bubbles. YAY! You are so much fun to watch; thanks for your happy attitude. I love that your sour dough baking has been generational. Can't wait to make my bread. Have a beautiful day!
I am so glad you like my sourdough starter tutorial! Thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
What an easy way to make and feed Sour Dough. I like that you use Butter milk instead water. Great learning for me. Thank you very much. Guenter
Yes, it couldn't be simpler than that! I am so glad you liked this older video of mine 😊 ~ Anja
Hello, thank you for the tutorial which is easy to understand :) Can I ask why do we use buttermilk and not just water to make the starter? Would be trying for the first time .
Hi Jasmine, you can absolutely just use water. I like using buttermilk because the active live cultures in it give the sourdough starter a jumpstart. Thank you for commenting and happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
I know this is an older video but I've watched it a few times and will probably watch it a couple more times...so I finally went for it and started mine today!! I'm using Bob's Red Mill organic dark rye flour. I don't have a beeswax wrap yet but I'm my to do list.. I covered it with a cloth and used the band to keep it closed.. my kitchen is about 68deg... Hope it turns out. Thanks for such a great video!😊❤️
Yay! That makes me so happy to hear!! It sounds like you're doing everything right and cloth works great to keep critters out. Happy sourdoughing thank you so much for your sweet comment ~ Anja
Very interesting. I like your method of low or no maintenance sour dough starter. Liked and subscribed. Thank you for sharing!
It's always nice to get comments like yours! Thank you so much and happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
I typed in "sourdough starter", watched a few clips and I have to say that falling on your channel was a god-send :) I love your method of explaining. I am subscribed now and looking forward to my journey into the sourdough world with your help. Thank you so much !!!
Yay! I am so glad you liked one of my first videos ... but the content is still relevant. Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome My first starter is now in the window, I have the caraway seeds on hand just in case 😊
@@ecall1771 yay 👏 ~ Anja
Hi , thanks for sharing your quick technique. I do not have beeswax covers can i just cover with a cloth
You can use fabric to cover your jar or a loose-fitting lid 😊 ~ Anja
You're so lovely, I enjoy watching your videos, they're really helpful.
Aww ... Kiria, how sweet of you to say that! I am so glad you're enjoying my videos 💛 ~ Anja
I'm going to addicting your channel! Lol
Subscribed!! TY for your great info!
Aww ... thank you and thank you so much for watching and commenting 😊 ~ Anja
Well I started my starter just as you did 3 days ago. This morning it had risen to the top of the jar so I did what you do. First the smell test, then the wooden spoon tapping and stirring. It smell very sour but I will give it another day before trying to bake something. This starter is very thick almost like a very very sticky wet dough? Hoping it’s the start of a great starter 😃. Thank you very much.
Hi Sharon, that sounds so awesome and right on! I hope that you will now bake a lot of breads and other goods! Thank you so much for sharing 💛😍💛 ~ Anja
Ohmygoodness, I I’m watching your other sourdough starter video so I followed the link to this. Every other recipe for this is soo precise, weigh flour and water add to every 24 hours, sing to- etc. this seems tooeasy/good to be true, but it’s right up my alley. Thanks so much!
Yes, that is how I have been rolling here. I am so glad you like my method and thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
I really love the way you get so excited as it develops beautifully! 💪🏻😇🙏🏻✌🏻🤪👍🏻I started two actually today,(don't ask🥶) with Kifer!! I'm so excited🥳I really am!😎 Thank you for your love of sourdough!(can I say that?)😇🙏🏻✌🏻
Haha, yes, this was all recorded in real time ... 😜 and yes, I LOVE my sourdough ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome Found a bit of white fuzz in one of my starters(on the side of jar) I was torn, should I chuck it? Or no? I got brave and gave the whole thing a good stir and put in some fresh flour, two days later it looks and smells fine!💪🏻 I think I saved it!🤪 I just figured the good bacteria will kill the evil bacteria(if that what the fuzz was!) It was pure white but it disturbed me so I just stirred in some fresh flour and hoped for the best! Next morning it was all the way to the top of the jar, and no sign of "whitey"!!! I want to keep it going so it gets stronger and more sour! Am I missing something?🤯😎
She's really honest the way she talk about it ! thanks or danke
I'm very pleased with my first loaf baked with this starter that you taught me. I've not seen an easier more to the point process anywhere. And boy do I have a lot of starter for much more bread Thanks so much! Now on the How to Make Buttermilk school! And of course more bread! 😂🍞🥖
You have no idea how happy it makes me to hear that! Yay for sourdough making and baking. Thank you so much for sharing 😊 ~ Anja
Hi from Kathmandu, I am trying to make as per your method which is simple .But I don’t know how to use in my bread. Thank you.
Have you watched this video: th-cam.com/video/s1wpHMEhc08/w-d-xo.html ? Hope that helps 😊 ~ Anja
Hi . Thank you for sharing. It’s very informative. Will it also work using natural yoghurt or old milk instead? Thank you.
Yogurt will work but not milk. I have more substitutions in this video: th-cam.com/video/whGTP6YkRzg/w-d-xo.html
@@OurGabledHome
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THIS is the method that appeals to me. I've watched many videos/read blogs, but none have encouraged me to try that method, but this one does! Wish me luck! I hear sourdough is so much better for you. I plan on using fresh milled flour. Any recommendations on which wheatberry to use? I am not a rye fan, but maybe that's my child's mind. Would love feedback. God bless 💗
Great! As for what kind of grains or flour, I would say use what's easiest to find. I often switch things up myself and all the breads come out beautiful. Thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
Thanks for explaining it as I am new to baking and will try it out
Great! Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
Thank you for the video. This will be my first sourdough starter. I've watched so many videos that were so scientific and seem to require a commitment that was just too much. I've just mixed up my flour and buttermilk. I'll comment as I get further along.
Oh, please let me know how things are going! Happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
Wow! I'm a true novice. I started noticing tiny bubbles yesterday! I doubted myself and said they must be from me stirring it and incorporating air. But today, it's bubbling like a witch's cauldron! I can't believe it still. I'm almost frozen in my tracks. Is it really time to make my first sourdough bread using my own starter? I'm so excited!
@@RaifordCap Yay! I am so excited with you! Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work 😊 ~ Anja
Hello I’m new subscriber and interested in sour dough baking and I have learned a lot from this video thank u😊
Awesome! Thank you!
Very. Clear I need to use this method , just need to do we have to use muttermilk? Will it work with flour and water ?
Thank you! For this method to work, you do need buttermilk. There is an updated version of this video with more info: th-cam.com/video/whGTP6YkRzg/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
Thank you very much for replying , I wii definitely watch that
Thank you for the tips on sourdough. Just wonder, if you Did try gluten free flour?
Yes, here: th-cam.com/video/nYPApNIfBR0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you! I will try it
Great! Happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
Just starting out I made one bread and I’m working on my second sourdough because I was traveling I’ve got to take it out of the refrigerator and so anyhow I’m doing a new one are using your method and so far so good thank you
Sounds great 💛 ~ Anja
Thank you thank you thank you thank you I am sort of a no measure gal so happy to find you and that is so much easier to keep in the feedings thank you! I just ruined a sourdough starter that somebody gave me and I’m kind of happy it happened because that’s how I found you so I’m going to start your method today or tomorrow!
Yay! I am so glad you're making your own starter! Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
Thank you for sharing the recipe with us, im vegan is there anything I can use instead of butter milk?
Yes, you can also use yogurt or kefir. If you are looking for a non-dairy alternative, you can use plain kombucha. The most important part is that whatever you use has live active cultures in it. 😊 ~ Anja
Hi! Thanks for this video! 🙂 Does this method work with just flour and water too? Day 1-7 just stir? No discard?
No, without the buttermilk you’ll have to discard and feed
@@OurGabledHome ok. Thank you! 🙂
I'm trying right now. Can't wait to see how it goes.
Nice, Jennifer! Happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome it looks and smells great so far. I love caraway and happened to actually have organic caraway seeds on hand. :)
Thank you so much... im going to try this. Looking forward to baking with this starter.
yay! I am so glad you like my method! Happy sourdoughing 💛
Would love to make this, but does buttermilk not go bad if it's not refrigerated?
That is a good question but I have never had that problem. Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome
Thank you.. I made buttermilk by adding vinegar to milk and so far(day 4) it looks ok..:)
Thank you so much for sharing this ❤
I know this is an old video (and you said in a newer video not to come watch this one 😆 but I disobeyed 😉) This was amazing!! I have never seen starter done like this. Thank you for sharing!
Aww ... thank you! I am so glad you enjoyed it. Have you seen my updated video on this: th-cam.com/video/whGTP6YkRzg/w-d-xo.html 😊 ~ Anja
Thank you .. can we use milk instead of buttermilk
Here's a video that explains it: th-cam.com/video/sU8hOsVQ22I/w-d-xo.html 👍 ~ Anja
Well darn it , I was really hoping this would work for me, but it did not. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. Twice my starter got mold before it was ripe. The first time on day 6,
and the second try on day 3.
I was careful and hygienic, doing just as instructed here. Tthe room is not hot or humid but 72f consistently. The small amount of water used was distilled.
I live in a very dry part of the world.
I used unbleached bread flour.
I kept it covered with a loose lid.
I’m going to try a method without buttermilk instead.
Sounds good. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what has been going wrong but it seems like you did all the right things. Hope you have more luck with a flour-water sourdough starter, though 😌 ~ Anja
I love your site! I am trying the sourdough starter today. Have worked the other type, even took a class. This seems more authentic. I'll report later on my progress. Also want to try making the wax covers. I have some and they are not cheap!
yay! Hope your soudough will be great but do let me know how it's progressing! And have fun making those beeswax wraps 💛 ~ Anja
I just happened upon your channel! I started mine two days ago. Thank you! Love all your content!
Hi Anne Marie, I am so glad to hear that!! Happy sourdoughing and thank you so much for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
Can homemade kefir be used in place of butter milk? thanks
Yes that will work just as well 😊 ~ Anja
Anja, Thank you for sharing your method of sour dough starter. I started mine 5 ago with the caraway seed. It never seemed to bubble and this afternoon it had a black mold place toward the top of the jar. I had it in a glass mason jar and covered with a papertowel. Does it need to be air tight? What did I do wrong. Thank you
Mold can form for a number of reasons: the jar not being clean (even soap residue can mess up your SD starter), mold spores in the air, contaminated water, or temperatures too hot and/or too humid. The starter does not have to be airtight, just keep the critters out. I recommend starting over again. I have another video you might like: th-cam.com/video/NGqHjRttVXQ/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome Thank you for the response. I ran everything thru the dishwasher and began again. I have some bubbles and it smells nice. I'm an 80 year old who always wanted to do sour dough, but the more I read the more scientific it seemed. When my children were home I used to bake daily, with a starter called everlasting yeast. When I found your channel I thought this method would work for me. Thank you for sharing.
@@maryfletcher5073 that sounds great! My best advice would be to not give up! There is no age limit on sourdough. Once you get it going, you'll be glad you persisted. Best of luck 🍀 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome Anja, I made a loaf of sour dough bread today using your recipe. It is delicious. Thank you again.
Gruss Gott. Great recipe. I will use this and cook more sourdough now. Regards Nat Lindenmayer
Hi Nat, I am so glad you like my sourdough method! Happy baking und bitte schön 😊 ~ Anja
Can you please tell me how long you have had your original sour dough starter for? Love your channel.
Thank you! I grew up eating sourdough bread. When my mom married my dad he told her to go to her new mother-in-law to learn how to make her own sourdough starter and bake sourdough bread. She then learned this generations-old sourdough starter recipe that I am still using today! So you can see I have been around sourdough for a very long time.😊 ~ Anja
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this method. As someone new to making bread I wanted to learn but so many videos were a lot of feedings and discards and seemed confusing, complicated and wasteful. I almost didn’t try until this video. I made my first loaf last night and eating tonight. So good! And storing it the way suggested because I don’t bake every day is also awesome. I know your video is older but how would you share starter with someone else ? Would you feed and then divide or divide it and feed each portion?
I am so glad to hear you're enjoying my SD method! You can absolutely feed your starter a bit more flour (and water), then divide it, and give it to someone else 👍 ~ Anja
I tried other sourdough starter...unfortunately, never worked for me( I probably was impatient, and thought I did it wrong) I loved that you went through each day... being patient for the perfect smell, and look. I appreciate that you don’t waste(discard).... you’ve inspired me so much tonight that I actually paused the video after you made your starter, and went to the kitchen to make my own...(had just enough buttermilk)😉 Now back to your video, and excited this may be just the starter I needed. Thank you 😊 🥖 🍞🥰
I just absolutely love reading comments like yours! I am so glad you embarked on your sourdough journey and thank you for your sweet comment 💛 ~ Anja
You’re welcome, and I will keep you posted...soon 👩🏼🍳🥣🍞
@@lisagreen6383 👍
Hi again I was wondering if I must use buttermilk or can I use water Thank you
Hi Renee, yes, you can absolutely only use water and flour but then the process is different (i.e. you will need to do discards and feedings). Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
Thank you so much for your sourdough recipes.
Hi Marc, I am so happy to hear you like my sourdough recipes! Thank you so much for commenting 😊 ~ Anja
Thank you so much for this video. Your method is simple and practical. I look forward to using it!
Hi Theresa, I am so glad you like my sourdough method! I am releasing an updated video on the same method on 4/12/22 that you might like as well 😊 ~ Anja
Hi I’m in love with your sour bread method . Unfortunately I don’t find cultured butter milk in Sri Lanka to make the sour dough starter . Please tell me how to make a cultured buttermilk . We do get curd and plain yogurt and fresh milk . Please help me if possible Thank you
Thank you so much. You can watch this video with more information: th-cam.com/video/whGTP6YkRzg/w-d-xo.html Happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
I just wanted to Thank you for this video. I tried to make a starter 2 times and failed. So I found this video and tried it and oh my it sure did work. I even had to go on a trip from Tx to La and brought it with me because it was not done yet. While in La it rose and almost overflowed my jar. I was so excited. It was quick. I saw nothing for several days then one day I saw a few bubbles, stirred it and left it alone till the next day. I opened it and it has rose to about 1/2 from the top. So I stirred it down and fed it. By 2pm it was almost over topping the jar so I started my first ever sourdough bread. I can't say it was a complete success but I won't say it was a failure either. It just did not rise very much. I think the recipe I followed was not a good one. But anyway my picky grand daughter who will NOT eat the crust of regular bread loved it and ate the crust. So now I am looking for a recipe you use for sourdough bread and will try that tomorrow. I have to get my starter out of the fridge this evening. Again, Thank you so much for sharing. God Bless
That is so awesome! I am so happy for you to have a good sourdough starter. Have you tried my easy no-knead sourdough bread: th-cam.com/video/s1wpHMEhc08/w-d-xo.html 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome I only made the one so far. Was with my 2 year old grand son who had a lil surgery so it was a bit too hard to do more. I did as you said and put a lot of flour in it and some on top and put it in the fridge. I wanted one with just the sourdough starter. The one I used the other day was a one day one. I did not have the time to let it go overnight. lol Thanks again.
Hi, if i dont have buttermilk , wat other option i can use? Thanks.
Some people have used yogurt or kefir. You can also use just water and flour 😊 ~ Anja
Your recipe seems the BEST so far I been listening to so many different channels. So I actually tried it Today! LOVE SOURDOUGH 💘BREAD.
Aww ... thank you! I love hearing that. Happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
Love your videos! Also love that dress you are wearing! Do you have a pattern?
Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Karen, I am so glad you're enjoying my videos! I have a free concept pattern: th-cam.com/video/s7kUHrRluJ4/w-d-xo.html and a fully downloadable, printable pattern: th-cam.com/video/_HMp5Builgs/w-d-xo.html Happy sewing 😊 ~ Anja
Can I add oat flour instead of regular
While I haven't tried it myself, I know that people make good SD starters with oat flour. Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
Dear Mam, I am so so glad to find your channel, especially this video showing how to make a starter without feeding and wasting. I made my starter with spelt flour and caraway seed and I place the jar in the owen cause my house is kind of cold during winter. Today is the 4th day and my starter rose more than double in size and it reached the top of the jar. I wonder if I can use it to make breads by now or should I wait till 7 days?
Again thank you so much for sharing a wonderful recipe and tips. Please continue with more helpful videos. 🙏🏻
It could very well be that you already have a good starter on day 4!!! You could do the float test (drop a bit of starter in a glass of water, it it floats, it's ready) or try baking with it! That is so awesome!!! Thank you so for sharing and for commenting 💛 ~ Anja
Hi - I am not sure how the sourdough is supossed to smell. I have made one and it startet rising after two, maybe three days, but after that it stopped even tough I followed the feeding recomdations from other recepies.
My sourdough smells tangy and sour, but since it is my first time dealing with sourdough. But it does not rise and it does not seem very airy.
Would you recomend that start over or is there a way to get it to be more active, like maybe adding more rye flour?
Great video!😄
Sourdough should smell pleasantly sour and have a slightly fizzy taste. You can always keep it out a little longer and rye flour will certainly boost it. Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
You are a great teacher and obviously a very nice person. I am starting my starter today and used Greek yogurt instead of buttermilk. After my starter is ready to go can I use bleached flour when making my bread? Also, will the chlorine in our local water cause problems? Thanks! George
aww ... thank you so much for you kind comment! Bleached flour should be fine; sourdough is pretty forgiving but I would use filtered water if you can. Hope this helps and happy baking ~ Anja
great video full of information...thank you for sharing...I have a question, can I use the powered buttermilk that I have? I buy it at a grocery store, and you add water to make it liquid.
Hi Dora, I am so glad you like my sourdough method! You can use powdered buttermilk as long as it is cultured (should say that on the label). Hope this helps and thank you for your nice comment 😊 ~ Anja
I am so glad i found your channel. I have been watching so many that make it so complicated. I am really surprised that you don't add more flour or water each day and you are not looking for it to double. Did I miss something
Hi Renee, sourdough does not have to be complicated and have been using this method for decades. My method works every single time - just as I describe in the video. Hope this helps and happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja
Renee...that is what makes this particular sourdough starter so fabulous is you don't have to weigh and discard and all those complicated steps...plus it's more "mellow" that the ones that require all the steps...but end up sooooo darn tangy that you can't enjoy the bread!!!
Can you use a buttermilk substitute? Milk with vinegar in it...if you don't have fresh buttermilk?
You want to use cultured buttermilk. Vinegar or lemon juice only curdle the milk. But you can use yogurt or kefir. Hope this helps 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome it does! I have live culture plain yogurt! Hadn't thought of that! Is it an equal substitute? Sorry for all the questions. I am new to this. I like your "style" (version) of sourdough. It seems most flexible!
@@shervin6711 If your yogurt is very thick you can add a bit of filtered water so that your starter has the consistency of thick pancake batter. And yes, it is a very easy and flexible method 😊 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome so excited! YES! I will be doing this this weekend! Thank you again!
Could I use a powdered buttermilk and add water to reconstitute- would it work like the liquid buttermilk?
Hi Marianne, you can use powdered buttermilk as long as it's cultured. Hope this helps and happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
First time watching your video, I will start following you and will do your fermentation yeast. It was very hard for me to find the caraway seeds 😢
I laugh 😂 so much when I googled it caraway seeds. Because I have used caraway seeds all my life 😂😅
Cumin seeds 🤦🏻♀️🙆🏻♀️💁🏻♀️
Thank you 😊
I will send a new message and let you know how my yeasts works and bread 🥖 thank you 🙏🏻
Sounds good and happy sourdouging 😊 ~ Anja (PS: here is the updated video: th-cam.com/video/whGTP6YkRzg/w-d-xo.html)
Learnt your easy sourdough starter and baked my first sourdough bread... came out really well.. thanks a lot for teaching me... love from India
Hi Cecilia, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear that you are loving your sourdough and your bread! Thank you so much for commenting 💛 ~ Anja
Hi ive just been searching for a good sour dough starter and came across your video. Ive already started one off irs been about 4 days now and its basically doing hardly anything. I only used water and flour the discard method and see you haven't taken any out or added any too it. Plus i didnt use butter milk i only used water from the instructions ive been given. My question now is can i stop adding flour to it and discarding and add some buttermilk to it tomorrow instead of messing about each day. Im well impressed with your video. Im just wondering if i have to start over a new batch as i want mine to be just as good as your now.
If you have a starter going you can just keep that, no need to create a new one.
@@OurGabledHome hi thanks i did that also i added some caraway seeds only a few and now i have the best sourdough starter ever ive named her Deedee after my late mother Denise Deedee for short she was a tough nut too 😂 😂. Ive even gifted some of my starter to a friend and dehydrated some incase i botch what i have up. It all started with your video i got the courage to take the plunge thankyou so much x
Can I use Einkorn flour?
Yes, you can! You might have to tweak the recipe a bit since einkorn behaves slightly different than wheat but it will make a beautiful, delicious sourdough starter! Have fun and let me know how it turned out 💛 ~ Anja
I'm a new subscriber and have watched one other of your videos so I decided to watch you create the sourdough. I'm enjoying watching so far but I'm also enjoying watching the lovely plant on the right hand side of your windowsill with the pink flower. May I ask what it is? And thank you for being so kind as to share your knowledge of sourdough starters and bread. I spent many years in Germany and enjoyed and loved the breads so very much. Brotchen is one of my favorites. And finally, America is beginning to make and enjoy really crusty breads instead of the "bagged air" available in the grocery stores. Again, thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your nice comment and for sharing your story! Germans sure love their Brot and Brötchen 😊. Honestly, I can't tell you what that pink flower is. The greenery is cut boxwood but I can't remember what the flower is 🤷♀️
This is great I look forward to making it! 😊 Just one quick question can you start it with water or does it need to be buttermilk?
Yes, you can absolutely make the sourdough starter with only water and flour! Thank you for commenting and happy sourdoughing 💛 ~ Anja
@@OurGabledHome thanks Anja ☺️
@@ewa.jemima 😊
@@OurGabledHome hey anja it’s working!! I can see the my starter bubbling up 🙌😁
@@ewa.jemima that is so awesome! Congrats!!!