We're sorry to hear that you've been having some trouble with starter, Shirley! To increase the amount of starter you have on hand you can either feed the starter a greater amount of flour and water on the last feeding before you bake or slowly increase the amount of starter you keep and the amounts of flour and water you feed it over the course of a couple of days before you bake. If you go with one large feeding either the night before or early the morning you plan to bake, just keep in mind that the starter will take longer to ripen and "digest" that larger meal so you'll want to plan accordingly so you end up with ripe starter when you need it. We hope this helps and if we can chat in more detail about sourdough starter, please do feel welcome to give our Baker's Hotline folks a call at 855-371-BAKE (2253)!

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