Sourdough starter--recipes?

[Faster horses]

Someone gave me some sourdough starter. Since I don't remember things very well, I had to look up how to use it. Oh man, there is a LOT of information about sourdough starter and how to treat it. I don't remember it being that involved. At my age it is best to use the KISS system. Looking for simple recipes. I found one and I have it going in the bread machine right now. (That's simple). I am just using the dough mode and will take it out and bake it in my Staub dutch oven. Anyway, any recipe you share I will appreciate. If this bread doesn't turn out, I might ditch the starter. I found a recipe for Sourdough chocolate chip cookies. Are sourdough cookies tasty?
TIA!!

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Tammy started her own starter this fall, finally made a loaf of bread, It took all day was to hard to eat and she threw her starter out,

 

[Older Whiskey]

Tammy started her own starter this fall, finally made a loaf of bread, It took all day was to hard to eat and she threw her starter out,

Did she use all purpose wheat flour or a heavier one like whole wheat, rye, or triticale? The heavier flours are difficult to get to rise with a sourdough starter. After many failures, I finally got my triticale ground fine enough and the very old sourdough from the Idaho Basque, powerful enough to raise the cast iron Dutch oven lid. I haven't made good bread since I sold my ranch cabin with wood cookstove.

 

[Faster horses]

Mine turned out good. Maybe it was Beginner's luck. The recipe called for 1 c. water, 1/2 c. sourdough starter; 4 T. vegetable oil, 2 1/2 c. bread flour and 1/2 c whole wheat flour, 1 t. salt, 1 t. yeast and 1 T. sugar. I used a bread machine to mix it on the 'dough' program. It rose well and several recipes said to heat your dutch oven in the oven at 500 degrees for almost an hour. I started to do that, then saw my dough was going to be too big for my dutch oven so I used an oval roaster similar to Staub. This recipe didn't call for heating the dutch oven first. I put the dough on parchment paper inside the roaster, scored it and baked it covered for 25 minutes at 400 degrees then 10 or 15 minutes with the lid off so it browned. When I took it out of the oven, I brushed it with butter. I'll see if I can figure out how to add a photo here.

 

[Faster horses]

OOPS. Sorry. It posted twice...I can't seem to delete it.

 

[Puzzled]

Tammy started her own starter this fall, finally made a loaf of bread, It took all day was to hard to eat and she threw her starter out,

I had similar experience with my attempt at baking biscuits with a starter. It was like I used cement instead of flour. Family members politely managed to eat some. Threw the starter out, and have never tried that again.
Was really relieved the next day to see that everyone was still alive.

 

[Puzzled]

OOPS. Sorry. It posted twice...I can't seem to delete it.

It looks just as good in the second picture as it does in the first one

 

[Older Whiskey]

OOPS. Sorry. It posted twice...I can't seem to delete it.

You shouldn't have told us and we would just assume you made a double batch.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Did she use all purpose wheat flour or a heavier one like whole wheat, rye, or triticale? The heavier flours are difficult to get to rise with a sourdough starter. After many failures, I finally got my triticale ground fine enough and the very old sourdough from the Idaho Basque, powerful enough to raise the cast iron Dutch oven lid. I haven't made good bread since I sold my ranch cabin with wood cookstove.

She started out using home ground Trit and whole wheat flour but switched as it wasn't working

 

[jodywy]

back it Star valley it take a week or better to make a starter, we use it Saturdays for pan cakes , to keep using it. Here in north east Wyoing, a day or two Sue can make starter on the counter. So she doesn't even keep one any more, just makes one as needed.

 

[Faster horses]

back it Star valley it take a week or better to make a starter, we use it Saturdays for pan cakes , to keep using it. Here in north east Wyoing, a day or two Sue can make starter on the counter. So she doesn't even keep one any more, just makes one as needed.

Really? What does she make it out of?

 

[Puzzled]

Try going to this web site: wildthistlekitchen.com
If I decide to try a starter again I think this will be my guide.

 

[Faster horses]

Try going to this web site: wildkitchen.com.
If I decide to try a starter again I think this will be my guide.

I'm having fun with it. We had sourdough pancakes this morning. They were a breeze to do and turned out good.

 

[jodywy]

Really? What does she make it out of?

bread usually, we had to buy a new wheat grinder, the old impact we had for 20 years lost a burr. we got a stone mill now, we got red and white wheat, rye, oats, barley, pop corn, lot of ancient grains she grinds and mixes.

 

[Faster horses]

bread usually, we had to buy a new wheat grinder, the old impact we had for 20 years lost a burr. we got a stone mill now, we got red and white wheat, rye, oats, barley, pop corn, lot of ancient grains she grinds and mixes.

Sue is an amazing woman.

I have the best recipe for a salad with wheat kernels so I go get some whole wheat at the seed store in town. It's one of our favorites.

 

[jodywy]

https://rainydayfoods.com/

 

[jodywy]

https://www.ancientgrains.com/?utm_...oeSqe0Jj5gTqCUdtU0SPLPnmMcBnGGaRoCM_AQAvD_BwE