Back to an All-Purpose Starter

I wrote back in May that I was transitioning my sourdough starter to whole wheat flour. Now I’m transitioning back to all-purpose! There’s nothing wrong with a whole wheat starter, and if you use one and like it, great! After a month of trying it, there are 4 observations I’ve made about the difference that have convinced me to reverse course. #1–Texture Whole wheat starter…

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Sourdough Science

I am transitioning my sourdough starter to whole wheat from the all-purpose flour I’ve been using. Partly because I finally found some whole wheat flour at the store this week, and partly because of this stunning time lapse video showing the rise and fall of three kinds of starter, made by the Wild Sourdough Project at the Rob Dunn Lab: While the white and wheat…

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