Mendenhall Sourdough Gingerbread
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 c Active Sourdough Starter 1/2 c Hot Water
1/2 c Molasses 1/2 t Salt
1 t Baking Soda 1/2 c Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1 ea Large Egg 1 1/2 c Unbleached Flour
1 t Ginger 1 t Cinnamon
1/2 c Shortening
Cream brown sugar and shortening and beat. (…)
Sourdough Cornbread
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 c Active Sourdough Starter 2 T Margarine, Melted
1/2 c Cornmeal 1 t Salt
1 T Sugar 1/2 c Sour Cream or Yogurt
2 ea Large Eggs, Stirred 1 c Unbleached Flour
1/2 t Cream Of Tartar 1/2 t Baking Powder
Mix ingredients in the above order, stirring only enough to blend themixture. (…)
Sourdough Pizza Shells
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 c Sourdough Starter 1 T Shortening, Melted
1 t Salt 1 c Flour
Mix ingredients, working in the flour until you have a soft dough. (…)
Sourdough Sams
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 c Active Sourdough Starter 1/2 c Sugar
2 T Shortening 2 c Unbleached Flour
1 t Baking Powder 1 ea Large Egg
1/2 t Nutmeg 1/4 t Cinnamon
1/2 t Baking Soda 1/2 t Salt
1/3 c Buttermilk or Sour Milk
Sift dry ingredients, stir into liquid, roll out and cut with regulardonut cutter. (…)
Sourdough Banana Bread
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
1/2 c Shortening 1 c Sugar
1 ea Large Egg 1 c Mashed Bananas
1 c Active Sourdough Starter 2 c Unbleached Flour
1 t Salt 1 t Baking Powder
1/2 t Baking Soda 3/4 c Chopped Walnuts
1 t Vanilla OR 1 t Grated Orange Peel
Cream together the shortening and sugar, add egg and mix until blended.Stir in bananas and sourdough starter. (…)
Bran Date Bread
Servings: 12
Ingredients:
1 1/4 c Unbleached Flour, Sifted 1 1/2 t Baking Powder
1 t Salt 1/2 c Active Sourdough Starter
3/4 c Buttermilk or Sour Milk 1 c Finely Chopped Pitted Dates
1 c All Bran 1 t Grated Lemon Peel (ZestOnly)
2 ea Large Eggs, Beaten 1/4 c Vegetable Oil
3/4 c Firmly Packed. Brown Sugar
Sift dry ingredients together. (…)
Sourdough Pumpernickle
Servings: 10
Ingredients:
1 1/2 c Active Sourdough Starter 2 T Caraway Seeds, Chopped
2 c Unsifted Rye Flour 1/2 c Boiling Black Coffee
1/2 c Molasses 1/4 c Dry Skim Milk
2 t Salt 3 T Melted Shortening
1/2 c Whole Milk 2 3/4 c Unbleached Flour
1 pk Active Dry Yeast
Pour boiling coffee over chopped caraway seeds. (…)
Sheepherder Bread
Servings: 18
Ingredients:
1 1/2 c Active Sourdough Starter 4 c Unbleached Flour
2 T Sugar 2 T Shortening, Melted
1 t Salt 1/4 t Baking Soda
Into a large bowl, sift the dry ingredients, and dig a well in the centerof the sourdough starter. (…)
Mary Rogers’s Sourdough Biscuits
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 c Active Starter 1 c Milk
2 1/2 c Flour 1/3 c Lard or Shortening
1 T Sugar 3/4 t Salt
2 t Baking Powder 1/2 t Baking Soda
1/4 t Cream Of Tartar
At bedtime make a batter of the half cup of starter, cup of milk, and 1 cupof the flour. (…)
Aunt Cora’s Biscuits
Servings: 4
Ingredients:
1 1/2 c Sifted Unbleached Flour 3 t Baking Powder
1 t Salt 1 1/2 t Baking Soda *
2 T Sugar 1/4 c Shortening, Melted
1 1/2 c Sourdough Starter
* More Baking Soda may be added if the starter if very sour. (…)