Homemade Sourdough Starter

Name: Homemade Sourdough Starter
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 cup water; 1 tsp sugar; 25 g fresh yeast

Patricia @patricooks

I wanted to bake bread, so I had to first get my sourdough started, and it turned out really good! I used fresh yeast so that I didn’t have to wait for 3 days, as it usually takes…

Patricia @patricooks

I wanted to bake bread, so I had to first get my sourdough started, and it turned out really good! I used fresh yeast so that I didn’t have to wait for 3 days, as it usually takes…

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Ingredients

3 hours

1 serving

2 cupsflour
1 cupwater
1 tspsugar
25 gfresh yeast

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Steps

3 hours

1

Mix all the ingredients.
2

Cover the mixture and leave for about an hour.
3

It will double its size, knead and let it rest for another hour.
4

It will become less sticky, you can let it rest more, or wait about 10 minutes and use it for your bread!

Tips

It is hard to knead because it will be sticky. Don’t worry if you lose some of the dough in every step, it’s normal!

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Patricia @patricooks

on November 19, 2025 09:02

Hello! I’m Patricia 🥰 Community Manager for Cookpad US. I was born and raised in Alicante, Spain 🤙🏽After living in the US for 4 years, I realized how important time management is to eat healthy and yummy 🥗I love making easy, delicious meals and treats that anyone can recreate with simple ingredients. Cooking doesn’t have to be difficult to be enjoyable and tasty! 😋