Dehydrating Your Sourdough Starter

[@Lilmissbaker3173]

I dry mine, just spread very thinly on parchment paper, then cover with the parchment paper and leave over night, longer if needed. I then just crumble the parchment paper and funnel the starter through the parchment paper into a small glass jar. I also keep some in the freezer, not dehydrated. The ones I use every week are kept in the fridge. I will not run out of starter..😆 my starter’s were born on 11/20/20. I have five different starters including gluten free. Thank you for your very informative channel…

[@OurGabledHome]

Love that you have found a method that works for you! Thank you for sharing 😊 ~ Anja

[@pegisullivan3062]

You are absolutely the best out there! I could watch you all day. You answer every question. You’re the reason I started using sourdough and we love it.

[@OurGabledHome]

Wow, thank you!

[@glorey7673]

You really do others don't say everything they leave out details so thank you.

[@PLJS2018]

Ajna rye flour is 200% steroids for sourdough starter!! Thank you for your help in my journey thru Sourdough!! You are awesome!! Anyone needing help, she is the one I go too!! I have another KZbinr, I trust also!! They are my Go To!!

[@OurGabledHome]

That's great to hear!

[@HP66856]

Excellent informative video. Thank you for posting.

[@OurGabledHome]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@the.virtuous.daughter]

Hi Anja! I love this idea! I'll definitely have to try this. Thanks for sharing ❤️

[@OurGabledHome]

Thank you 🥰

[@christyasay764]

This was very enlightening. I dehydrate so many foods and turn most into powders, but I never thought of amazing way to preserve my sourdough starter. I enjoy all your teaching ideas. Thank you for teaching an old dog some new tricks! Have you ever shared your apron pattern and I missed it??? I’d love to make myself two or three. Christy

[@OurGabledHome]

I am so glad you're enjoying my videos! I have the fully downloadable and printable pattern: ourgabledhome.com/product/cross-over-apron-printable-pattern/ and a free concept pattern: ourgabledhome.com/cross-over-linen-apron-sewing-tutorial/ Happy sewing 😊 ~ Anja

[@rosemaryclarke904]

@@OurGabledHome great I love your aprons. and your videos.

[@rosemaryclarke904]

Could you share your way of dehydrating foods please Christy

[@ibby8016]

Hi! I LOVE your videos 😊 I am new to SD world, I actually got a dehydrated starter from the 1800s, and I'll use your method to rehydrate it. I have a question, after feeding it equal amounts (by weight) of water and flour, do I need to keep feeding it for days and do discards?

[@OurGabledHome]

Thank you so much for your comment. Due to the overwhelming number of comments I get, I can no longer answer them all. You can watch other sourdough videos in this playlist kzbin.info/aero/PL758nsvRyHuAmfEaUooKr7OTKm1f4VQ8Y or consider signing up for my Sourdough Course where you have direct access to me supersimplesourdough.teachable.com/p/super-simple-sourdough 😊 ~ Anja

[@jbb8261]

You’re feeding it and discarding so that you can reliably get it to double and cook with. Sourdough discarding is not a bad thing and it is an investment in the strength of your starter. You can bake with the discard but I don’t pressure myself to since I _mostly_ just eat bread.

[@MikeZayin]

Hi Anja, I always use your great ideas on my kitchen. Thanks a lot. In regards to this method I just wondered: how active the starter should be before dehydration? Right after the feeding? Halfway to the top? Or fully mature and double in volume? Just for information, I got a fully active rye starter fed by home milled rye flour. Thank you in advance.

[@OurGabledHome]

I am so glad you're enjoying my videos! While you're keeping you dehydrated SD starter it might lose some activity so I recommend dehydrating your starter when it's most active.

[@ShandoCenarius]

Great video, thanks!

[@ariainman6691]

Anja, Thank you for sharing. This is a nice idea...to have some dried SDS on hand...just in case. Do you have some?

[@OurGabledHome]

I now always have some dried SD starter 😊 ~ Anja

[@smallspaceswithGloria]

I have tried to make several times one turned pink on top so I threw out, next time turned pink grey so threw out and last one whole wheat in 4 days created grey mold so I thee out 😞I just don’t know what I did wrong well possibly forgot a feeding daily?

[@OurGabledHome]

There's a lot of things that could lead to mold. You'd get a lot out of my online sourdough course incl. the private FB group where you have the best access to me: supersimplesourdough.teachable.com/p/super-simple-sourdough 👍 ~ Anja

[@brainiac8249]

Does the starter needs to be active or it doesn't matter?🤔 Thanks for the video!❤

[@OurGabledHome]

Hi, this complete guide might help answer your questions: ourgabledhome.com/how-to-dehydrate-your-sourdough-starter/ 😊 ~ Anja

[@lesleyhoban6559]

Th for posting I have not done sourdough because of waste ofstarter

[@OurGabledHome]

Glad you like this. You can also watch this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYabmYKpi7ZlaKs Happy sourdoughing 😊 ~ Anja

[@Lilmissbaker3173]

You can actually have the starter with no waste, I never have any waste, I pull from my fridge starter, put the amount I will need in a jar, accounting for the feeding of the portion. If you need 150g starter, I pull 50g starter, feed 50g water and 50g flour.

[@drinferno15]

Hi there...love your videos! Quick question, does the starter need to have been fed recently (like a day or so) before de-hydrating? Thanks!

[@OurGabledHome]

You don't have to have recently fed it but it will increase the amount of live active bacteria. Hope this helps and thank you so much for your nice comment 😊 ~ Anja

[@melbournehyperbaricoxygent1183]

You are amazing 😊

[@OurGabledHome]

Thank you so much!

[@deechristensen8188]

How many teaspoons of the dehydrated blended (to almost flour consistency) sourdough do you need to put in each bag to restart a sourdough starter to make a sourdough bread? Thanks.

[@OurGabledHome]

You can start with 1 tsp and then just feed it with flour and water until you have the amount you need for your recipe.

[@Coopersuperduper]

Do you feed your starter before dehydrating? Or use unfed discard?

[@OurGabledHome]

You may find this full blog post I wrote helpful: ourgabledhome.com/how-to-dehydrate-your-sourdough-starter/😊 ~ Anja

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

I'm gathering as much information on the rabbit hole that is sourdough ! My question is , I don't like the smell of taste of rye ! Does this give the bread that flavor ? Thank you

[@OurGabledHome]

You can also use other grain, especially spelt and kamut for a milder flavor ~ Anja

[@jbb8261]

Yes your starter will lend to the flavor of the bread.

[@msgypsyqueen]

So SMART!! 🤓👍🍞🎉

[@OurGabledHome]

Glad you think so!

[@lesleyhoban6559]

Can this be done in dehydrator lowest temp

[@OurGabledHome]

Yes, if it can go below 9o˚F

[@michellea4948]

Dang, my lowest setting is 95. I’m going to try it anyway!