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Sourdough Starter Tips and FAQ

The helpful tips and ideas below will ensure that you have the bubbliest and most active sourdough starter possible. There are over 50 articles with information to help you! Browse this section for helpful instructions and tips, from how to make a sourdough starter to strengthening it. This easy to follow feeding schedule will get you off to a flying start. Whether you are making it from scratch or rehydrating a sourdough starter that you've purchased, you'll find easy to read instructions across this category. If you have any troubles along the way, trust that I am here to help you! Start by reading my article on Troubleshooting a Starter. If you can't find the answer there, feel free to contact me.

Sourdough starter in a small mason jar.
Jar of sourdough starter that has peaked and overflowed down the side of the jar.

Understanding Sourdough Starter Ratios

Kate from The Pantry Mama pouring some sourdough starter into an empty jar that is sitting on a set of scales.

Sourdough Starter Not Bubbling? Here's What To Do!

A tall jar of sourdough starter with an orange lid sitting on top of a fence post. You can see a green vegetable patch that has been blurred into the background of the photo.

How To Increase The Wild Yeast In Your Sourdough Starter

A photo of a 16oz mason jar sitting on a scale. The jar is filled with water and dark rye flour to create a rye flour sourdough starter. You can also see a large jar of rye flour in the background and a wooden spoon with rye flour on it next to the scale.

How To Make A Rye Sourdough Starter

A jar of sourdough starter sitting on a white counter top. The jar has large bubbles on the side of the glass.

How To Get Bigger Bubbles In Your Sourdough Starter

Sourdough Starter vs Sourdough Discard: What's The Difference?

Sourdough Starter vs Sourdough Discard: What's The Difference?

Jar of sourdough starter sitting on a kitchen counter in front of a white tiled wall. There is a red rubber band around the jar to show that the sourdough starter has doubled. The starter is covered with a piece of paper towel and a rubber band.

How Does Sourdough Starter Work? [science of sourdough]

Jar of sourdough starter sitting next to a grey stoneware bowl full of bubbly sourdough starter. There is a small silver spoon with a little commercial yeast being held over the bowl and then a bowl full of commercial yeast sitting below.

Can You Add Yeast to Sourdough Starter?

HOW TO MAKE A SMALL SOURDOUGH STARTER - RECIPE FEATURE IMAGE

Make & Maintain A Small Sourdough Starter (Mini Starter)

An overfed sourdough starter that has overflowed the jar that it is in. The sourdough starter is dribbling down the side of the jar and onto the counter making a big mess. There is a cane basket with a plant in the background behind the jar of sourdough starter.

Can You Overfeed A Sourdough Starter?

How to add sourdough discard to any recipe - including this cinnamon coffee cake. The coffee cake has been cut up into pieces and is sitting with a bowl of double cream.

How To Add Sourdough Discard To Any Recipe

A jar of sourdough starter without a lid - instead it has a piece of paper towel secured with a red elastic band.

Sourdough Starter Lid On or Off?

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