Feed your starter at least once a week.
*1 cup flour = 4 ounces by weight
Weekly feeding without making bread:
Even if you're not planning to make bread, you still have to feed the bitch anyway (once a week).
1) Take the starter out of the refrigerator and pour it into a large mixing bowl.
2) Wash & dry the crock or jar that you store your starter in.
3) Measure out 1 cup and discard it (or pawn it off on a friend).
4) Feed the remaining starter ˝ cup water and 1 cup flour (add the water first).
5) Let it sit at room temp for 3 hours.
6) Pour the starter back into the clean crock & refrigerate.
If you’re going to make 1 batch of bread (using 1 cup of starter):
Three hours before starting the recipe:
1) Take the starter out of the refrigerator and pour it into a large mixing bowl.
2) Wash & dry the crock or jar that you store your starter in.
3) Feed the starter with ˝ cup water and 1 cup* of flour (add the water first).
4) Mix well and cover.
5) Let it sit at room temp for 3 hours.
6) Remove 1 cup of the fed starter to make bread.
7) Pour the rest of the fed starter back into the clean crock & refrigerate.
If you’re going to make more than 1 batch of bread:
If you plan on using more than one cup of starter, follow these instructions.
Three hours before starting the recipe:
1) Take the starter out of the refrigerator and pour it into a large mixing bowl.
2) Wash & dry the crock or jar that you store your starter in.
3) Feed the starter using the amount indicated in the following table.
4) Mix well and cover.
5) Let it sit at room temp for 3 hours.
6) Remove the amount of starter you need to make bread.
7) Pour the rest of the fed starter back into the clean crock & refrigerate.
| How much to feed it | ||
| Amount of starter you want to use | Water | Flour |
| 1 cup | ˝ cup | 1 cup |
| 2 cups | 1 cup | 2 cups |
| 3 cups | 1 ˝ cups | 3 cups |