Care and Feeding of a Mother Dough

Feeding a Starter

I usually feed my starter by baking bread.

When I make a new batch, I use half the starter for the dough then feed the remaining half with:

1 cup of flour
0.5 cup of warm water

If you're not making bread, once per day or so (if it's on the counter) or once per week (if you've kept it in the fridge) discard or use half the starter and feed the other half as above.

I watched a YouTube video a while ago about what you can do with the half of your starter you're discarding besides tossing it in the trash or baking with it. The interesting thing I found was mixing in some spices ... or some cinnamon and brown sugar ... baking or pan-frying that. It's a tasty treat.