Easy Sourdough Bread with Your Bread Machine

You love sourdough but it's all sort of confusing and complicated? Or your loaves just aren't turning out how you hoped? This is the EASIEST way to make sourdough at home, without yeast, and without a big production. And it's just as delicious as those crazy recipes.

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Recipe:

ingredients

3 cups bread flour (15.85 ounces/ 450 grams)
1 cup lukewarm water (7.75 ounces/ 220 grams)
3/4 cup fed sourdough starter (5.65 ounces/ 165 grams)
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 3/4 teaspoon salt
instructions

1. Mix the bread flour, starter, sugar, and water in a large mixing bowl. It will seem dryer than most sourdoughs, but don’t add more water. Use your hands to make sure everything is incorporated into a ball. Cover the bowl with a damp tea towel and let it rest on the counter. (It helps to measure out the salt into a separate container on place it on top of the towel so you don’t forget to add it later.)

2. Place the dough and salt into the bread machine bucket and select the dough cycle. The machine will beep when the cycle ends, but let it rise another 2-3 hours in the machine, for a total rise time of 3-4 hours. The dough should look noticeably puffier, but may not have quite doubled in size.

3. Prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment paper and sprinkling with cornmeal. Take the dough out of the bread machine, and gently shape it into a round or oval loaf. The dough will be slightly sticky, but dry not to use any flour when shaping it. Place on the prepared baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray.

4. Place the covered loaf in the refrigerator to proof overnight. Anywhere from 8-16 hours will be fine.

5. In the morning, preheat the oven to 450 degrees with two racks: one in the center, one in the lower middle. Place an empty rimmed baking sheet on the lower rack while the oven is preheating. Remove the loaf from the fridge and gently rub with flour. Slash the loaf with a lame or sharp serrated knife.

6. When the oven has preheated, pour 1 cup of water onto the empty baking sheet to create steam. Immediately place the loaf inside, close the door, and bake for 45 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for at least 4 hours before slicing.

7. Store at room temperature, well wrapped, for up to three days,
notes

I use a 100% hydration sourdough starter (equal parts flour and water), if yours is dryer or wetter, you will need to slightly tweak the amount of water in the dough.

I have done this recipe both by weight and volume and the results were similar.

To make ahead, fully bake the loaf, allow it to cool completely, and freeze, well wrapped, for up to a month.
My bread machine: https://amzn.to/34doADh

Baking with sourdough, aka wild yeast, is fun and strangely addicting. But it can be a lot trickier than working with regular yeast! It is slow to rise, you need to rely on oven spring, and you need a healthy sourdough starter.

But once you get started baking with sourdough, you will never stop! From rustic sourdough rolls to artisan style rustic loaves, you can learn how to bake professional looking breads. You can also sue your sourdough starter in quick breads, muffins, and even pancakes.

Check out my playlist on sourdough baking, here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWnaVydmS673gzIHEe98hQ2dw2FyYLkYT

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