Sourdough is sooo much work. but making your own bread means you get to eat bread. try this recipe instead of making a sourdough started so you can eat bread faster:
Ingredients:
3 cups of flour
2tsp dry active yeast
2tsp salt
1.5cups of warm water
Baking:
-put water and yeast in a bowl and let activate for 5 minutes
-add flour and salt, and mix until you have a tacky ball of dough
-cover and let rest for 2-3 hours, stretch & fold at half way mark if you wish
-preheat oven to 450°f 10 minutes before your dough is ready
-put dough on floured surface and stretch and fold mulitple times
-after folding, tuck bread under itself to form a tight ball
-put in lined dutch oven (or any heavy duty vessel that has a lid or just in the oven maybe I haven't tried it), and score dough
-bake for 30 minutes or so with lid on
-bake uncovered for 12 minutes
-wait to cut it open until its cooled for 30 minutes
-eat bread!
