Things You'll Need:
- 1 package (2 ¼ tsp.) active dry yeast
- ¼ cup warm water (110 degrees F)
- 3½ cups flour
- 3½ cups sugar
- 3½ cups warm milk (110 degrees F)
- 2 non-metal bowls
- Non-metal spoon
- Clean kitchen towel
- 4 gallon-size plastic zipper bags
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Step 1
Combine the yeast and water in one bowl. Set it aside for 10 minutes to activate the yeast. In the other bowl, thoroughly combine 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of sugar.
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Step 2
Slowly add 1 cup of the milk and the yeast while stirring. Cover the bowl with kitchen towel.
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Step 3
Let it sit at room temperature until it is bubbly. Then cover it with plastic film wrap. Store it at room temperature. Do not refrigerate.
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Step 1
Stir the mixture once each day for days two, three, four and five. Replace the plastic film wrap cover and let it sit.
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Step 2
Add 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of milk on day six and stir thoroughly.
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Step 3
Stir the mixture once each day for days seven, eight and nine. Replace the plastic film wrap cover and let it sit.
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Step 1
Add 1½ cups of flour, 1½ cups of sugar and 1½ cups of milk on day ten and stir thoroughly. Then measure 1 cup of starter mixture into each of the four plastic zipper bags and seal.
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Step 2
Give one bag each to four friends or relatives with a copy of this procedure, as well as the recipe for making the bread.
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Step 3
Tell your friends to skip the steps for making the starter and just put the mixture into a bowl for day one. The bag already has the thriving yeast colony in it.
