Oh Jennifer, I love sour dough flavor! Please tell us how the sour dough starter experiment goes if you try it! It sounds very tasty! You might consider leaving the instant yeast in the recipe, though, since sour dough starters can be "slow" (unless you've got yours growing like mad) and just use the starter for that great sour dough flavor. I wonder, if you fed your starter, then just used it as is - adding some chemical leavening - if it would be just the right consistency for crumpets? PJH

• Reply