Sourdough starter & bread - butter busters ^

24 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
**STARTER**
2 cups Skim milk
2 cups Bread flour
1 each Pk yeast
**BREAD**
⅔ cup Skim milk
1 cup Sourdough starter
3 cups Bread flour
2 eaches Tb sugar
2 teaspoons Lite salt
1½ teaspoon Yeast
2 eaches Tb liquid Butter Buds

Directions

STARTER

Place milk in a glass container and allow to stand at room temperature for 24 hours. Stir in flour and yeast. Let stand uncovered in a warm place 2-5 days, depending on how long it takes to bubble and sour. If it starts to dry out, stir in enough tepid water to bring it back to the original consistency. Once it has a good sour aroma and is full of bubbles, it is ready to use. Try to maintain about 1½ cups of starter. Each time the starter is used, replinish with a mixture of equal parts milk an dflour. Leave at room temperature several hours or overnight, or until it begins to fill with bubbles. Then cover and stir in refrigerator. Starter is best if used at least once a week. If starter isn't used for 2 or 3 weeks, spoon out and discard about half and replenish as described. Given attention, a starter becomes more flavorful with age. Starter can be frozen if it is not to be used for several weeks. This will slow down yeast action. Starter should be left at room temperature for 24 hours after thawing. Bread: Combine above thoroughly (using half of the flour) and let stand uncovered to ferment overnight in a warm place.

Next morning, after the mixtuer has risen and fallen, stir down any crust that may have formed. Add the rest of the flour. When thoroughly mixed, turn out onto a board that has been sprinkled with flour to prevent sticking. Shape dough into 2 loaves, put in bread pans, brush lightly with liquid Butter Buds and let rise, covered, until almost doubled in size. Bake in a preheated 400F oven 45-50 minutes. Note: This recipe works GREAT in a bread machine. Simply put all of the ingredients in the machine, adding the dry ingredients first. Serving size, I assume, is 1 slice. Per serving: 82 cal., 0.4g fat (4%), 0mg chol., 1g fiber, 3g pro., 16g carb., 16mg sod. Butter Busters by Pam Mycoskie ISBN 0-466-67040-5 Entered by Carolyn Shaw 2-95.

Submitted By CAROLYN SHAW On 02-17-95

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