Sourdough Starter!

So I may be a year late to this trend but I don't care. A month or two ago we made a sourdough starter at home with just wheat flour, water, and a 4 cup mason jar! Honestly, I didn't realize before when everyone got into doing these how zero-waste they were. This is the guide we used to start ours. 

To start, just put 1 cup of whole wheat flour and 1/2 cup of filtered water in a 4 cup mason jar and mix well. Close the jar and leave until the next day where you will discard about half of the starter and replace with 1 cup of white all-purpose flour and 1/2 cup of water.

We have a food scale so each day we add 113 grams of flour and 113 grams of water after discarding about half of the starter. We continue to do this 3-4 times each week to keep up with it. The great thing about the discard is you can use it to bake so many different sourdough recipes! So far we've made sourdough, crumpets, and pancakes! And after the holidays we're planning on making bagels, pizza dough and more with it! There's so many recipes you can use it for from pretzels, to crackers, to muffins! 

If you aren't able to use all of the discard, just compost it or put it in another mason jar and gift it to a friend to start their sourdough. 

I love how this opens up so many doors for so many different zero-waste baking recipes for myself to try and share. I can't wait to share with you all the different recipes we create with our starter.  Have you ever used a sourdough starter? Comment below your favorite recipes!