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Anon001
04-30-2009, 02:22 PM
Okay,... I was suppose to post this for someone and kept forgetting.. Hope this gets me outta hot water! ;D ;D

Sourdough Bread
2 cups Sourdough Starter
3 cups flour
2 TBSP softened Butter
4 tsp Sugar
2 tsp salt

In a bowl, combine, starter, sugar, salt, butter.

Mix well. Knead in flour a half-cup at a time.

Knead in the flour until the consistency is right. It should be a soft dough. I always knead at least 20 minutes or until the dough has a nice shine sheen to it. Keep in mind that the flour required will vary depending on elevation, humidity, type of flour, etc.

Cover the dough with a kitchen or lightweight towel and let rise until double in a warm draft free place. I usually place a pan of warm water in the oven under the rack and the dough on the rack anytime I raise dough. Being sourdough it can take from one hour to 3 or so depending on your starter.

Punch the dough down and knead a little more. Make a loaf and place it on a baking sheet or in a loaf pan. Loaf pans are different in size. Be sure the dough doesn't take up more than 1/2 to 2/3 of the height of your loaf pan. If it does, split it into two loaves.

Slit the top and place with a towel to rise again until double the original size.

Do not preheat the oven. But turn it to 350 and bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until it sounds hollow.

Turn it out on a rack to cool. I usually wrap mine in a towel while still hot. This helps to keep the crust from being as hard.

This recipe can also be doubled.

For a traditional sourdough starter I posted in another thread click on Sourdough Starter (http://www.backwoodshome.com/forum/yabb/forum.pl?board=foo-recipes;action=display;num=1239915584) and go down to the third posting.

Paul

sbemt456
04-30-2009, 06:09 PM
Thanks Paul, yeh this gotcha outa hot watta this time. lol
Thanks again.

stella

Anon001
04-30-2009, 06:50 PM
WHEW!

;D ;D ;D ;D

Katrina-Sisu
05-01-2009, 04:26 PM
I have a question about sourdough bread, can you make an artisan loaf if you want? I only have one bread pan lol.

Thanks! :)

Kat

Anon001
05-01-2009, 04:32 PM
I'm not sure what an "artisan loaf" is ...

Anon001
05-01-2009, 04:37 PM
I just googled artisan loafs. But there are different explanations. Are you referring to hand shaping the loaf? If so then yes, you can do artisan loaves with it and it will work great. The way most sourdough is baked today (other than as a loaf) is as a dough ball, or round loaf. Instead of slicing once on top, they slice an "X". However, the way my gradmother baked her bread all her life was sourdough... never yeast, and she never owned a loaf pan. She would do a braid for each loaf. Her loaves were as long as the ones bought in a store. She would make three long "rolls" and then braid them together and pinch the ends together "gluing" them with a bit of water on her fingertips, if needed. I never used the water.

Katrina-Sisu
05-01-2009, 04:40 PM
Thanks very much for the info!

I was thinking about the hand shaping thing since I've done that with the yeast free bread recipe and it was fun to do.

Thanks again!

Kat

FZRaven
05-26-2009, 10:06 AM
Cool I have a started sitting on my counter right now, still have a little wait till it's ready.