{"id":5286,"date":"2015-04-13T01:14:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T01:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=5286"},"modified":"2023-10-05T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T16:18:36","slug":"sourdough-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sourdough-starter\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa&#8217;s Sourdough Starter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image35.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aiif5287 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image35.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\"><\/a>I got this from my cousin. She is currently living in Alaska.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve adopted the recipe with a few suggestions from my experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 C potato puree<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 C flour<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp instant or rapid rise yeast &#8211; DO NOT use Active Dry Yeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut large Russett potato into twelve pieces with skins on.<\/li>\n<li>Put pieces in a pan, just barely covering them with water BUT ABSOLUTELY NO SALT<\/li>\n<li>Boil russet potatoes with jackets on until they fall to pieces (about 45 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>Lift skins out and mash remaining potatoes so that you have just a potato slurry or puree<\/li>\n<li>Let cool.&nbsp; If you need more water to make 1 C puree, add bottled water &#8211; NOT tap water.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image36.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/image36.jpg\" width=\"308\" height=\"57\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Add all ingredients into a glass bowl (not metal) and beat into a smooth and creamy batter.<\/li>\n<li>Cover, and set in a warm place<\/li>\n<li>Let set for 3-4 days or until soured, then return to refrigerator<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got this from my cousin. She is currently living in Alaska.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve adopted the recipe with a few suggestions from my experience. 1 C potato puree 1 TBL granulated sugar 1 C flour 1 tsp instant or rapid rise yeast &#8211; DO NOT use Active Dry Yeast Cut large Russett potato into twelve pieces &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sourdough-starter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grandpa&#8217;s Sourdough Starter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5286"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23151,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5286\/revisions\/23151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}