Drying Sourdough Starter

While I don't bake bread with starter, I know many of you do. I never realized you could dry the starter and then reconstitute it. I just thought you were compelled to make bread over and over and over again, never ending like Strega Nona's pasta pot.
Drying it out is kindof brilliant, in my opinion.

[This snapshot is also from CI's March/April 2024 issue]

Yes, I keep some dried, and some very dough like in the freezer. Works!

I used to dry starter by spreading it onto freezer paper in a baking pan, then I left it in the oven with the light on. It would be dry in about 36 hours.

judy-mass said:

I used to dry starter by spreading it onto freezer paper in a baking pan, then I left it in the oven with the light on. It would be dry in about 36 hours.

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Thats how I did it too.