Ready Your Starter

Before you mix your dough, your starter needs to be ready for action.

Think of your starter as a miniature dough. Its properties transfer directly to your bread. If your starter doesn’t have a good balance of yeast and bacteria, neither will your dough.

This guide helps you assess your starter’s current state and prepare it for baking, whether it’s been sitting in the fridge for a week or you just fed it yesterday.

Based on The Sourdough Framework flowchart for readying your starter.