March 27, 2010 - 6:43pm
Sourdough Bread
For my first try at sourdough, I used the recipe from http://www.io.com/~sjohn/sour.htm [1] . I began the starter on Tuesday, fed it on Wednesday, and on Thursday morning it showed the signs of being ready. I tried to make the attached bread recipe on Friday, but it did not rise hardly at all and when it came out of the oven it was under-done, even though I used all the methods I could to test done-ness. I think the starter was not actually ready, and I will try again in a few days, but does anyone else have any theories on why it did not work?