Ingredients For Feeding:

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1 cup flour

½ cup Luke warm water

½ cup sourdough starter

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Ingredients For Loaf

½ cup active sourdough starter

1 ¼ cup Luke warm water

3 cups flour

1 ½ tsp salt

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Feed your starter once per week, around noon.

1. In a bowl add:

   1 cup of flour

   ½ cup lukewarm water

2. Mix together with a fork.

3. Add ½ cup sourdough starter from the jar in your fridge.

4. Mix together.

5. Add a bit more warm water so the mixture is a wet consistency. Do not overmix.

6. Cover with a tea towel, place in microwave, let rise until evening (about 8 pm)

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   Begin making your sourdough loaf around 8 pm.

7. In a large bowl, combine 1 ¼ cups (~ 255 g) of lukewarm water and ½ cup (~135 g) of active starter (from the bowl in the microwave). Mix together with a fork.

8. Put remaining starter into a jar and store in your fridge, keep for next week.

9. Stir in 3 cups (~460 g) of flour, then add 1 ½ tsp salt

10. Use a fork to mix everything together untill it becomes stiff bring together with your hands to form a rough ball (Don't overmix)

11. Keep the dough in the bowl, cover and let it sit on the counter for 30 minutes

12. After 30 minutes, stretch and fold the dough a few times to form a ball

13. Cover the dough in the bowl with a tea towel and place in the microwave until morning 7:30-8:00 am.

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14. The Next morning, turn the dough out onto your counter and fold it over a couple of times to tighten it into a ball. Let it sit on the counter for 15 minutes.

15. After this resting time is complete, gently shape the dough into a ball once more

16. Place into a floured bowl, cover with a tea towel, place back into the microwave for 2-3 hours

17. Preheat oven to 450°F

18. Sprinkle a thin layer of cornmeal in the bottom of a Dutch oven (helps prevent the bottom of the loaf from burning)

19. Tip the bread out of your bowl onto a sheet of Parchment paper, then lower it into your dutch oven

20. Bake with the cover on for 40 minutes, then take the cover off and bake for an additional 4 minutes or to your liking

21. Place loaf on a cooling rack to finish the cooking process

Enjoy!