Saturday, April 17, 2010

Wish me luck! Just began my sourdough bread

I began the first step in making two loaves of sourdough bread just now. My recipe calls for mixing one cup of starter, one and a half cups of warm water and 3 cups of flour. I mixed that up, covered the bowl with plastic wrap and put it in my oven with the oven light on to rise. The recipe says let it rise two to twenty-four hours! Quite a time span. When that was done I "fed" my starter and put it back in the refrigerator.

I was going to start this process Thursday night. However, Lois, over at From Lois' Hands, advised me to be home while I'm doing this. She says rising times can vary and I could come home and find the dough had risen so much it took over the entire oven!!! That was enough warning for me, especially since cleaning an oven is not one of my favorite things to do!!!

As for my new glasses, they are behaving much better this morning. People on TV don't have two pairs of eyes and I don't stagger when I walk!

3 comments:

  1. Hi Sherry!

    I am looking forward to hearing about that sourdough! :) I've been thinking about you making that this weekend.

    Hugs,
    Lois

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  2. Thanks, Lois! I've had it rising in the oven with the oven light on since 11:00 this morning. It has risen "some" and there are bubbles in the top. Oh, I am the most impatient person in the world, sometimes!!!

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  3. Good luck Sherry...Ill be waiting for the photo !
    Hmmmm,two pairs of eyes and staggering....you sure its the glasses,lol.

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