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Sourdough Starter Tips and Troubleshooting

A jar of sourdough starter being poured into a glass bowl of water ready to make sourdough.

Does The Amount of Sourdough Starter Matter? And What Happens When You Change It?

3 mason jars all placed together. The jar closest to the front contains runny discard, the jar in the middle is fed and bubbly and the jar at the back is unfed starter.

Why You MUST Discard Some of Your Sourdough Starter

How To Make Sourdough Less Sour: A Guide To Making Your Sourdough Less Tangy

Can A Starter Really Be 100 Years Old?

A large jar full of bubbly sourdough starter.

How To Increase Your Sourdough Starter

A photo of a strong, bubbly sourdough starter being lifted out of a glass jar with a spoon. There is a green lid to the left of the jar and another jar of starter to the right. Both jars are sitting on a small, round wooden board.

5 Ways To Strengthen A Sourdough Starter: Give Your Starter A Boost

A flat lay showing a jar that has had dried sourdough starter flakes added with flour and water. There is a knife that has been used to stir the jar, as well as a small bowl of flour, jug of water and a packet of dried sourdough starter.

How To Activate Dried Sourdough Starter

A loaf of sourodugh bread displayed on a black wire cooling rack. There is a bread knife and dish towel in the background.

How To Make Sourdough Taste More Sour

How To Store Sourdough Starter

Troubleshooting your sourdough starter - answering most frequently asked questions.

30 Common Sourdough Starter Problems

16oz jar of sourdough starter with a bubbly sourdough starter at its peak. You can also see a jar of flour in the background of the photo and a light blue cloth in the foreground.

How to Make Sourdough Starter

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