Sourdough Starter - Feeding the Flock 23

 

BEER SOURDOUGH STARTER

1 cup Sam Adams Alpine lager

¾ cup all-purpose flour

2 tbsp. rice flour 

1 tbsp. whole wheat flour

Open bottle of beer 24 hours in advance of making dough and let it go flat.

Mix dry ingredients together.  Add beer and stir well to combine.

Cover with cheesecloth and then plastic wrap.  Let stand 24-48 hours, stirring every 12 hours. After the 48 hours, either refrigerate or feed.

It will be bubbly and smell strongly fermented.

You can find out how to "feed" and maintain your sourdough starter here.

I do not have the recipe for the white sourdough starter because it was given to me.  The recipes that I have found use a commercial dry sourdough starter (there must be a better way)!

I'm going to use my beer starter for the first time today.

Enjoy.

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Dill Pickle Bread

Dill Pickle Bread

1 cup warm water

¼ cup molasses

2 tbsp. butter

1 cup chopped dill pickles

2 cups whole wheat flour

1 cup all-purpose flour

½ cup oatmeal

2 tbsp. dry milk

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. yeast

Combine all ingredients in order given in bread machine. Set to dough setting. Once complete, transfer dough to lightly greased bread pan. Cover and let rise while oven preheats to 350º. Bake at 350º for 40 minutes. Remove from pan immediately. Rub with butter and sprinkle lightly with kosher salt.

·         This is my first try at making dill pickle bread. I want more pickle taste, although Tall Cool ☺ne says it’s fine just the way it is.  Next time I’m going to add a little more pickle and some dill weed to the batch.

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