Recipe: Sourdough starter /instant potato flakes

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Recipe(tried): Sourdough Starter
Posted By: Larry
Date: September 18th 1998
In Reply to: ISO Bread starter
Board: A Board For Bakers

To make Sourdough Starter:

2 cups warm water
2.3 cup sugar
6 TBL instant mashed potato flakes ( 1/2 of bread flour
will also work)
1 pkg of rapid rise yeast ( or let set out for 7 days. stir
after three days in a warm dark place)

Mix all ingredients in a bowl or large glass jar and
cover loosely with foil. The yeast will feed on the potato
flakes and sugar, and the starter will give off gas as the
yeast breeds. If the container is tightly sealed, the
yeast will die. Keep at room temperature for 24 hrs
then refrigerate.