Grandpa Ben gave me some of his sourdough start while we were in Utah over the 4th of July. Technically this is a photo of my first loaf, which was ok. However the second one had a mishap when shaping/rising so it wasn't very pretty and didn't deserve a photo. But, have no fear, even though I worried the whole time it baked, it tasted amazing. The crust was dark and crunchy, the inside squishy, moist and perfectly sour.
The coolest thing about sourdough start is that you can replace the yeast in any bread with sourdough start, replacing the yeast won't make the bread taste like sourdough it will just take over as the leavener. The only ingredients in this bread were sourdough start, flour, water, salt. It does take about 2 days to fully proof, you can add a little yeast to speed things up, but the time is totally worth it. YUM!
Update: I made another loaf!! and though the second one was still the best as far as taste goes, this one was the best looking. I took this on my phone, so the crust is much darker brown than this.
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