# Sweet Stiff Sourdough Starter

A stiff sourdough starter, kneaded like a dough and fed with sugar, is ideal for enriched breads, providing gentle acidity, lasting lift, and extra strength.

- Total time: 240 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 50 g ripe starter
- 100 g strong bread flour
- 45 g water
- 10 g sugar

## Instructions

1. Mix 50g ripe starter, 100g strong bread flour, 45g water, and 10g sugar until it forms a tight dough ball.
2. Rest the dough ball at room temperature for 4

–

6 hours.

## Tips

- Firm texture slows fermentation, keeps acids balanced, and flavors mild.
- Sugar's steady energy fuels the yeast for more lift and less sourness.
- Elastic structure builds gluten training into the starter itself.
- The starter should push against the lid, not just double, to power your dough in the oven.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-03-08

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