Recipe - Friendship Starter - Sour Dough

1 pack DRY YEAST
One half cup WARM WATER
2 cup LUKEWARM WATER
2 cup SIFTED FLOUR
1 teaspoon SALT
1 tablespoon SUGAR

DISSOLVE YEAST IN One half CUP WARM WATER. STIR IN 2 CUPS OF LUKEWARM WATER,
FLOUR, SALT AND SUGAR. BEAT UNTIL SMOOTH. LET STAND, UNCOVERED FOR 3 TO 5
DAYS, AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. STIR TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY. COVER AT NIGHT.
WHEN READY, THE MIXTURE SHOULD SMELL YEASTY BUT NOT SOUR. POUR OUT 1 CUP OF
STARTER TO USE IN THE "FRIENDSHIP MIXTURE". TO KEEP THIS STARTER, TO THE
LEFTOVER STARTER, ADD One half CUP WATER, One half CUP FLOUR AND 1 TEASPOON SUGAR.
LET STAND FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY, UNTIL BUBBLY AND WELL FERMENTED. STORE IN
REFRIGERATOR, COVERED, FOR UP TO TEN DAYS. USE WITHIN 10 DAYS TO MAKE
ANOTHER FRIENDSHIP MIXTURE.

Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #192 by BobbieB1@aol.com on Jul 25, 1997