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Easy No-Fail Sourdough Starter Tutorial | Day-by-Day Guide

Lowbrow Fancy

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Get very detailed step-by-step instructions for making your starter: https://lowbrowfancy.com/common-sourd...

And watch this next to learn how to feed your new starter: 3 Starter Experiments: What Really Works?

If you're confused about why you need to discard from your starter, you should also watch this: Give Me 12 Minutes, and I'll Change Your M...

Want to bake sourdough bread but don’t have a starter yet? In this video, I’ll walk you through exactly how to create a sourdough starter from scratch using just flour, water, and a jar. You’ll see what to do each day, how to feed it, and the signs that your starter is strong and ready to bake with.

*Helpful Links*

How to Feed, Maintain & Store Your Sourdough Starter: https://lowbrowfancy.com/how-to-feed-...

Common Sourdough Starter Problems & How to Fix Them: https://lowbrowfancy.com/common-sourd...

Sourdough Myths Busted: The Truth About Starter:
https://lowbrowfancy.com/sourdough-my...

Keep Your Starter Warm:
https://lowbrowfancy.com/keep-your-so...

00:00 Introduction
00:55 Phase 1: Establish
00:59 Day 1
01:43 Day 2
02:16 Day 3
02:54 Day 4 - False Rise
03:15 Phase 2: Build
04:08 Day 5
04:32 Days 6-15
05:17 Day 16
05:31 Phase 3: Strengthen
05:56 Days 17-20
06:20 Sourdough rising timelapse

20 Comments

@lowbrowfancy Creator 2 weeks ago (edited) Pinned

Lots of questions here about why you need to discard or that it's wasteful, etc. So I made a video all about discard (and what would happen if you stopped discarding…spoiler alert: it destroys the universe!) Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0H0w8uRoRE

@razrv3lc 10 months ago

This is the first starter video I’ve seen say that it may take up to 2-3 weeks to get it going. All of the tutorials make it sound like it should be a done deal in a week or you messed up somehow. This is genuinely such a reassuring video.

@petraday739 10 months ago

I'm on day 18 and I stopped feeding it 2 days ago bc I thought this is what I'm supposed to do
I watched at least 20 videos about sourdough starters but this is the first time I fully understood the process...thank you so much ❤
I'll make sure to update this when I make my first sourdough bread 🥰

@IsabelWinchester 8 months ago

Thanks so much! Two weeks had passed and my starter was completely dormant. I was worried because I had forgotten to feed it a couple times, but after three weeks, it started doubling! This was very helpful, thank you very much :)

@MikeTaylor-j6f 7 months ago

Agree with other comments. All other tutorials finish in 6-7 days I felt like I was doing something wrong. Thanks for showing normal timeline :)

@Mike_Wazowskii7 9 months ago

That timing to show off the different days at slightly different times was actually really creative. Nice one. 4:53

@sleepingisdifficult 9 months ago (edited)

First time trying to make sourdough starter- success on the first go!

I started 20 days ago ,and I'm ready to bake my first loaf now! I'm really happy I found your YouTube tutorial when I did because everything else I found after (to compare) seemed really complicated or unnecessarily strict.

TY ❤

@life.actually 2 months ago

Where have you been all my sourdough starter frustration for the past two months? I am so glad I found you. You and The Sourdough Journey here on YT are the only ones who really explain clearly. His is long and very technical ( I am nerd) so it helped me understand much of the science and yours, oh, yours is super practical and makes total sense. Thank You.

@ali_yayyy 6 months ago

hands down the most clear and concise starter video 🙌🏽🔥

@joechu9920 3 months ago

this is the best guide i have come across, not over simplifying, not shoving annoying fillers down my throat

@WelcomeToMyHead 11 months ago

Thank you! This confirms that I have actually been doing this correctly and that I haven’t failed in the first week lol.

@foetaltreborus2017 3 months ago

Watching this vid , I thought , right ,( after a poor loaf fail) I,ll start again - THIS is the most realistic starter vid that actually looks like mine now.....😊

@gabbygomez261 1 year ago

Finally!!! Someone honest!

@amapokua8043 5 months ago

I use my ten days sourdough n my family finished the bread within 2hours,I was so happy after trying to make sourdough bread for over half a year now,thanks for sharing this video,I love it

@cilace 8 months ago (edited)

Thank you so much. I'm on day 5 of my starter. On day 3 my starter more than trippled (overflowed the jar), but since hasn't moved. I thought I killed it. Now I feel like I have proper direction to keep going. Until today it smelled like sweaty dirty athleet's foot. today it smells like yogurt.

@shalonm4733 7 months ago

Thank you. I finally feel confident and excited about making my first starter. And you've helped me understand why and when things happen the way they do.

@LaurenElizabethYT 7 months ago

This is so helpful! I’m glad I didn’t give up when my starter wasn’t ready at 7 days like the original tutorial I followed had said.

My starter has come close to doubling after its last two feedings, so I’m going to start going to the strengthen phase. I’m excited!

(It was days 15 and 16 for me that mine started almost doubling, in case anyone is wondering!)