In 1969 Al’s favorite aunt wrote down her homemade bread recipe, including how to make the “starter”. He’s kept that recipe all these years and last week he dug it out so we could give it a try. I’ve only made bread with commercial yeast so this was all new to me. There was a lot of missing information in the hand-written recipe so I turned to a Mennonite cookbook to fill in the blanks. I was completely shocked that the bread actually rose and tasted pretty good.
and just fancy having a Mennonite cookbook to hand! Well done! I haven't made bread for ages - I had a recipe called "short time enriched dough" - I wonder if I've still got it.
@anniesue baking became all the rage during the early days of the stay at home order. Flour and yeast were impossible to find. I ended up finding some online, but it took forever to get here. Now I’m back to work so I don’t have nearly as much time for leisurely baking.
@narayani thank you! You’re supposed to feed the starter with flour and water and it lasts forever. I ended up throwing it out, it just didn’t seem quite right.
