April 16, 2012 - 4:54am
whole wheat starter and AP flour bread
i have a very lively starter i made with whole wheat flour no other flours added to it. i would like to know if i can use it to make bread with AP flour or should i add some wheat flour too? i dont kow much about sourdough and have recently started baking with sourdough starter. i read that difference in flour feeding can make the starter get stalled so i am worried about using the whole wheat starter with AP flour to make bread. i previously used wheat flour+AP flour and got good results. this time i wana use only AP flour.
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While I find my starter to be much more active with white flour, it does apparently vary from person to person (or starter to starter?). While I imagine it will be fine, you could try some of your starter in a separate jar with AP flour - keeping two going in the short run.
thanks i will try it.
starter, now thankfully down to just 1, at 33% each; rye, WW and AP (and stored in the fridge at 1:3:4). Then I build the levain in 3 stages, over 12 hours, to what ever I'm making - rye, WW or White bread - or some combination. Works for me.