Hi Debbie, we're so glad to hear your first sourdough bread attempt was successful! The yeast in the Rustic Sourdough Bread recipe hastens the pace of this recipe and doesn't allow quite as much time for flavor development, so you may find you get more sour flavor when you bake a recipe that doesn't have added yeast. Our No Knead Sourdough Bread Recipe is also fairly easy and may give you more of the flavor you're looking for. For more information about sourdough flavor development and how best to take care of your starter, check out our new blog series on How To Make Your Sourdough Bread More (or Less) Sour, which begins here. As this series shows, there are a lot of factors that affect the ultimate flavor of your sourdough bread throughout the bread production process; Part 3 summarizes these factors, and also offers a list of recipes from our site that are more likely to deliver sour flavor. 

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