Think sourdough bread is too complicated to bake at home? Think twice! This sourdough bread recipe is so easy & simple that I promise you will want to bake it again and again! It’s delicious, frugal & healthy, plus there’s no kneading required!
I love to make sourdough bread, AKA the “lazy man’s bread.” Yep. Because it’s that simple to make! Plus, the amazing benefits of sourdough are well worth giving it a try!
Sourdough Starter. Sourdough bread needs an active starter culture (which is made of beneficial bacteria and yeast) to create the sour flavor of the bread. You can make your own sourdough starter from scratch (or get a sourdough kit to help speed along the process).
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This sourdough bread recipe needs to have an active starter culture, but if you don’t have any currently, here is my post for tips on the sourdough starter.
Whole Wheat Flour. You can use white flour if you don’t have whole wheat or are not comfortable using whole wheat in baking yet. It may be easier to experiment with the lesser expensive flour and once you’ve found your sourdough groove, upgrade to whole wheat. Here are some tips on the dough:
Step 1. In a very large bowl, mix the sourdough starter, water, and 3 cups of whole wheat flour with a wooden spoon and combine well.
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Step 2. Add salt and remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, attempting to completely stir in the flour with each addition. When you can no longer mix with a spoon, use your hands to mix in the flour. Continue adding flour until your dough begins to resemble dough, but is still sticky and “pourable.”
Step 3. Pour the dough into a banneton (I like this one) and fill 1/3 way up. Cover with a towel and allow it to sit in a warm place for 4-12 hours, until the dough is at least doubled in size and looks to be “domed” on top.
Step 4. When the dough is at least doubled in size, flip the banneton over so that the dough dumps directly into a Dutch oven, lined with parchment paper, (or loaf pans). If the dough doesn’t come out centered into the Dutch oven pot / loaf pans, wait 20 seconds, then grab the handles and shake the dough so it’s centered.
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Step 5. Place the Dutch oven or loaves in a cold oven and turn the oven on to 350 degrees. Bake bread for 50-60 minutes, until the edges are golden and the bottom sounds hollow when tapped.
Controlling the temperature allows you to be in greater control of when the dough will be ready, and in turn when the bread will be ready.
The following methods will provide a consistent temperature for the bread to rise: Heating pad on low, in an oven with the light on or in a dehydrator. Consider adjusting the temperature higher and lower to find the “sweet spot.” Using my heating pad on low gives me a rise time of 5-6 hours.
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When experimenting with rising times, bake this bread on a day you plan to be at home. Numerous factors can affect the rise time overall and when the yeast peaks, so you want to have a vague idea of how long the bread will take in your home before you leave.
For a point of reference, I turned my oven on the lowest setting, placed it on top of my stove and it was ready in 4 1/2 hours.
Sourdough bread is NOTHING like traditional bread. When you’re done kneading traditional bread, you likely have a firm, round piece of dough. When you’re done kneading sourdough, you will have a very loose and likely pourable dough on your hands. Literally.
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In less than two hours, traditional bread will have doubled in size. In two hours, sourdough looks like it hasn’t even budged.
Traditional bread can be whipped up in half a day’s notice. Sourdough definitely requires advanced planning. Like, up to 24 hours in advance.
You can use white flour or whole wheat flour. It may be easier to experiment with the lesser expensive flour and once you’ve found your sourdough groove, upgrade to whole wheat.
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Try my favorite Sourdough Bread Recipe. Super easy for beginner sourdough bakers, with simple instructions and just one rise. It’s healthy, frugal, and can be made gluten-free!
If you’re using loaf pans, this recipe makes 2-3 loaves, depending on the amount of flour used and size of loaf pans.
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If you’re like me and the current lockdown has pushed you to explore your bread making skills you would have been overwhelmed with how complicated and difficult most homemade sourdough bread recipes are. Thing is, it doesn’t have to be this way!
And of course all my tips and tricks so you get that amazing open crumb and crackly texture in your homemade sourdough breadthat you crave for! For the full recipe scroll down to the recipe card at the end of the page.So, let’s get started!
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A strong healthy sourdough starter is key to making a delicious homemade sourdough bread. Most sourdough bread recipes with starter I’ve seen call for you to prepare your own starter. However this process usually takes time – about 1 to 2 weeks and it may not always be successful.
So if you want to spare yourself the effort and get fool proof results every time simply buy a ready made culture from Amazon or your local bakery. Personally, I boughtthis one from Amazon and I was amazed by how well it works. And most importantly, it is reliable, consistent and needs very little maintenance!
The starter is a mix of fungi and yeasts that need regular feeding with flour and water to keep it alive, active and healthy. If you bake more than 3 times a week I have found it is best to feed your sourdough starter every day. If you bake weekly, its best to feed it once a week and keep it in the fridge.
Sourdough Bread: A Beginner's Guide
I must admit, preparing the bread dough was what I’ve found to be the most challenging and time consuming part of making sourdough bread. Most recipes that I’ve seen required spending multiple hours kneading, letting it rise, kneading again and so forth. So I’ve developed a couple of “cheats” to help me make my sourdough bread easily with as little effort as possible!
TIP: Do the poke test. Bulk fermentation is done when you poke the dough and it springs back leaving all but a small dimple in the dough!Due to the high amount of water in this recipe you may find the dough becoming a bit sticky. This is intentional as it will give it an amazing open crust. If the dough becomes too sticky, let it rest for 15 minutes and try again.
This is the fun part! You can get creative and shape your dough in many different shapes to suit your taste! My personal favourite is making it into a boule, a round ball with a nice deep score in the middle. You can also shape it into a batard, which is an oblong shape, more akin to a traditional loaf.
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Shaping plays a critical role in getting a decent rise and volume in your homemade sourdough bread. If you don’t shape the dough properly with enough tension it will flatten out and won’t rise as much when baking. So here are my tips to getting the perfect shape and oven spring!
TIP: Be careful not to poke all the air out of the dough. Handle it gently. You want to keep as many of the air bubbles in as possible. Also if the dough starts to become too sticky, let it rest for 15 minutes and then try to shape it again.
Hands down, the best way to bake your homemade sourdough bread is using a dutch oven. A dutch oven mimics the steam baking process that is used in professional bakeries. It traps the dough’s steam during baking, keeping the top crust soft and allowing for the dough to rise and expand. This results in exceptional oven spring, rise and that delicious open crumb you’ve been craving for!
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So how do you do it? All you need is a large steel or aluminum pot, 25/30 cm wide (~10 inches). Place your pot with its lid on in your oven and turn it on at 230C/450F fan. Let your oven warm up for about 1 hour.
When the oven is hot, remove your dutch oven from the oven, take your bread out of the fridge, tip
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