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How to Make a Foolproof Sourdough Starter

315K views · Aug 25, 2018 · Howto & Style

Mary's Nest

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@MarysNest · 8 years ago · pinned
Hi Sweet Friends,  I would love to hear about the sourdough starter you like to make.  And what type of sourdough breads are your favorites!!  Love, Mary
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@vonschlief3809 · 4 years ago
Mary you’re a warrior against the low nutrition processed food industry! Keep up the good work 🤙
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@toejelly · 5 years ago
Mary, I tried this starter recipe and by day 3 I thought, hmmm not sure about this one but I persisted and by day 5 it was more than doubling and passed the float test - I’m sorry I ever doubted you! I made my first bread today and it was incredible! I have named my starter ‘Mary’ (hope you don’t mind) as this is the only starter that has ever worked for me. Thank you! Much love, Linda.
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@dianehoffman3298 · 5 years ago
I have watched a bunch of you tubes about sour dough starting and bread making.  I love how you teach! It’s so non-intimidating! :) This is coming from a retired teacher herself.  You make your audience feel like I CAN DO THIS! So, thank you Mary! I will keep watching your videos!
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@bethkeady7025 · 2 years ago
I teach at a local college. Students asked me for sour dough starter. I gave away eight starter starters, and directed them to this video.  Trying to spread good info to the young.
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@ShaneinAZ · 3 years ago
That cardinal apron is GORGEOUS!
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@cheryllynn7816 · 4 years ago
I’ve watched 100 of these videos and yours is the only one in 5 years that made sense. I got my sourdough going and working on reviving my 250 year old starter because of you. Thanks!!
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@nikihutnik · 4 years ago
I love how calm and thorough you are in all your videos. I have never saw a better cooking teacher in my 41 years. My grandmother always expected me to catch on by "eyeballing"..and wouldn't give me the opportunity to write down recipes that meant so much to me to learn and pass on to my children. I don't feel stressed, or as if I'm missing 1 thing when I'm watching your videos!  Thank you for being so thoughtful to all of us who are intimidated or just learning new things.😍
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@HadassahSikani · 4 years ago
Mary, you are such a blessing to all of us trying to learn the traditional ways of cooking that have been preserved for generations. You also have such a sweet soul and pleasant manner of teaching. I smiled when I  saw the Texas chopping board in the back and HEB flour😉. If you ever do live, in person events in Texas, I would like to come. God bless you.
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@vincentperratore4395 · 5 years ago
You little sweet!  My wife was born in Jersey City and we lived there for 36 happt years!
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@CaptainsLady · 4 years ago
The starter my aunt gave me is made with instant potato flakes and beer. <br>Feed it once a week with water, potato flakes, sugar. <br>I use it to make sour dough bread with bread flour.
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@robertlavigne6560 · 4 years ago
Hello Mary, this is Debbie, Bob's better half 😀. I am on my second starter. My first one failed because the flour was old. (I didn't look at the expiration date as it was just purchased.) Got fresh flour. It's really cold here and my starter just wasn't working well. On day 5 I fed the starter and turned on my oven light. Wow what a difference. Made the sponge and popped it back into the warm oven. Woke up to success! It's taken 7 days and I didn't give up. Thank you for "holding my hand"
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