Sourdough???

[BACOG]

Is it me or what? It seems like when I feed my starter with a little wheat flour it gets better action that when I feed it with regular all purpose white flour.

Also the recipe called for 4 cups of flour & I put in 3 cups of white and 1 cup of wheat. You could almost see it rising.

Has anybody noticed this in your sourdough?

 

[terri9630]

I've found that ours works better with fresh ground wheat.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Sourdough doesn't like to grow on bleached flour. It is best to use unbleached white flour.

 

[BACOG]

It came out the best I ever made. The cup of wheat flour made it good. The next batch I am thinking I might do 50/50 mixture of white & wheat.

 

[BACOG]

Sourdough doesn't like to grow on bleached flour. It is best to use unbleached white flour.

When I use up my supply of all purpose white I might switch to the unbleached. I hate to waste anything.

 

[ilvalleygal]

During my forays into various sourdough recipes and forums, I recall reading that the natural yeasts are found on the surfaces of whole wheat and rye. This is probably why the WW addition made the dough rise.