You will need:
A small glass or ceramic bowl
A medium-size mason jar with lid
Brown rice flour
Purified water
A wooden spoon or stick
Day 1
Combine ¼ cup flour and ¼ cups purified water. Mix vigorously for a few minutes with a wooden spoon. Cover with a towel and place somewhere warm in your kitchen away from any type of cool breeze for 24 hours.
Day 2-3
Discard ½ of your starter with a wooden spoon (you can keep it or throw it away), and add ¼ cup purified water and ¼ cup flour. Mix vigorously for a few minutes with a wooden spoon. Cover with a towel and sit out for 24 hours.
Day 4-9
You will now begin feeding your starter twice a day or every 12 hours. Following the same process of discarding ½ of your starter and replace it with ¼ cup of flour and water, cover, and allow to sit out for 12 hours. Then feed again following the same process. Do this each day until you see lots of bubbles and activity. I switched to the mason jar seen above around day 5 and covered it with a coffee filter and rubber band for the following 4 days. I typically do the same if I leave it out on the counter.
- Your starter is now ready to BAKE! You can either leave it on the counter feeding it once a day at room temperature or you can keep it in the refrigerator in a sealed container and feed once a week.
- You may see a black film forming on the top that is watery. This is called hooch and is totally normal. It means your yeast is hungry. You can either drain that off or mix it in.
- You should also notice a smell that is sour and yeasty. The longer you leave it out between feedings, the sourer it will smell.
- The ideal temperature is between 70-75’ F
- You can actual make pancakes with the discord once you have enough collected.
- Comment below if you have any problems or questions!
