Sourdough Bread Recipe With Starter Yeast

This Quick Sourdough Bread recipe uses added yeast to create a rustic sourdough bread that’s ready to bake in about 90 minutes. Same day sourdough bread, that’s easy and foolproof? You bet!

Traditional sourdough bread uses a sourdough starter as a leaven – a fermented mixture of flour, water and microscopic yeasts present in the air. This starter acts as a natural raising agent – it helps sourdough bread to rise in the oven.

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Making sourdough bread requires time and patience not to mention an active sourdough starter. Sometimes you want a super quick sourdough which is where this recipe comes in.

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It is not a TRUE sourdough bread but it’s a fabulous way to make a truly tasty artisan bread with added sourdough goodness and a gentle tang! Yes, I will admit it’s a cheat’s sourdough technically đŸ˜‰

You will need a Dutch Oven to bake this bread. A smaller cast iron pot will create a taller loaf while a large one will make a wider loaf.

Full measurements and instructions can be found on theprintable recipe cardat the bottom of the page. Please take a look at the steps and video before attempting this recipe!

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Measure the starter to a large bowl and pour in the water. Stir well to combine – I use a dough hook. Add the flour and yeast. Stir again to combine and make sure there are no dry pockets of flour.

Sugar and salt go in next – continue mixing with your dough hook or you can use your hands. Your dough will be sticky and shaggy.

Spray the bowl with olive oil, cover with a clean towel and place it somewhere warm to rise. Check the dough has doubled in size. This should take only an hour but if your room or ingredients are cold it can take up to 90 minutes.

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Mist your countertop with olive oil and scrape the dough on it. Use an oiled bench scraper to fold the edges over towards the centre to create a round loaf. Oil a square of parchment paper and transfer the loaf onto it.

Lift the paper by the edges and place in a bowl to rise for a further 30 minutes. Meanwhile, place your cast iron pot in the oven and preheat to 220°C (420°F).

Take the bread out of the bowl using the baking paper and drop into the hot Dutch Oven (please be very careful and use oven mitts). Score the top using a knife. Cover and bake for 30 minutes.

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Uncover and bake for 15 more minutes. Carefully remove the bread from the pot – it should sound hollow if tapped on the underside. Cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.

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Calories: 158 kcal | Carbohydrates: 32 g | Protein: 5 g | Fat: 1 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1 g | Sodium: 390 mg | Potassium: 40 mg | Fiber: 1 g | Sugar: 1 g | Vitamin A: 1 IU | Calcium: 7 mg | Iron: 1 mgHave you ever baked a new recipe simply because it grabbed you and wouldn’t let go? You know what I mean: those cookies with the tablespoon of miso, the cake that uses mayo instead of eggs and butter, the bran muffins whose batter lasts in the fridge for two weeks …

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You read the recipe and think, “No, really?” You stash it away in your mind, but the itch has begun: sooner or later, you have to make it.

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Take flourless chocolate cake, a real mystery back in the day (prior to flourless becoming a “thing”). A cake made without flour — how could that possibly be? I had to make it.

And when I first read about salt-rising bread — its long American history, its tricky two-part cornmeal starter — it grabbed me. I mean, bread that smells like stinky sneakers and tastes like cheese (without any cheese in it)? Hooked.

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That’s how I often feel about offbeat bread recipes, especially those involving starters. I’d heard through the grapevine (groan) that burying wild grapes in flour and then adding water would produce a superior starter.

Had to try it. Did try it. Meh. Wild grape starter was no better or worse than sourdough starter made the conventional way.

But then there's this “yeast water” starter thing going around: dried or fresh fruit mixed with water, left to ferment, and the water mixed with flour to stand in for a regular sourdough starter. Promises abounded: once it’s made, stash it in the fridge — no feeding necessary! No discard, no wasted flour. When you want to bake bread, just mix yeast water with some flour from your recipe, let it sit overnight, and off you go.

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OK. In fact, pretty good. I used my new yeast-water starter in our Naturally Leavened Sourdough Bread recipe, baking it side by side with a loaf made with regular sourdough starter for comparison. The recipe calls only for starter to leaven the bread (no commercial yeast), which means your starter had better be pretty darned active.

Yes. Although I had my doubts midway through (when the dough refused to rise at all during its initial 2-hour rest), by the time the yeast-water bread came out of the oven it was pretty much identical to the loaf made with my standard flour-based starter.

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The main difference is flavor. The yeast-water bread has only the mildest tang; I wouldn’t call it sour sourdough bread based on its taste. The flavor of this bread is more wheat-forward: without the typical dominant sour notes, it tastes fresh and mild with a whiff of fermentation, the kind you might smell at an apple orchard during cider-pressing season.

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Will I make this bread again? I’m doing so right now. As with any new venture, it takes time to nail the details. What’s the best temperature for building the final starter (and how do I find an 80°F spot in my New England winter home)? What’s the optimum timeframe for bread requiring an overnight starter (followed by two long rises) that doesn’t result in me pulling loaves out of the oven at midnight? At this point, it’s still a work in progress.

But I couldn’t wait to share this yeast-water starter with you. You’re going to have to tinker with the process anyway; your climate, water, fruit, the season, your patience for try, try, trying again when things don’t work out — there are a lot of variables at play here. Still, if you’re one of those bakers eager to try a recipe that’s veered off the beaten path (but might take you somewhere perfectly marvelous), have at it — this one’s for you.

I highly recommend you start by watching “Pablos ultimate yeastwater, ” the video I followed to build the starter. Pablo Giet is a German baker with his own shop in San Rafael, California. And while his certainly isn't the only yeast-water method you can find online, my partner-in-recipe-crime, Charlotte (King Arthur’s test kitchen manager), attended a conference at which Pablo presented, and she hooked me up with his video.  

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The video will give you an overview of the yeast-water process; the accompanying notes explain the basic science behind it (hint: it’s all about capturing and growing wild yeast and friendly bacteria). The following expands on that video with notes, photos — and opinions!

Start by finding a jar or bottle that’ll hold at least 32 ounces, preferably more like 34 ounces (though 32 ounces will do in a pinch). I ended up using a glass jar that had held vinegar. Can you use plastic? I imagine so. I just happen to be in love with glass, as it’s totally non-reactive.

Use a funnel to put 500g (2 1/4 cups) of water (tap water is fine), 50g (1/4 cup) of granulated sugar, and two dried dates (pitted or whole) into the jar.

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Can you use some other fruit? I imagine so. A different sugar? No doubt. But I’m detailing here what I’ve tested, so no guarantees if you stray off the path!

Screw the cap on the jar and shake vigorously to dissolve the sugar. Loosen the cap a half-turn and put the bottle somewhere warm; Pablo says 78.8°F is optimal. I put the bottle alongside my oil burner in the cellar. Another good place might be in your turned-off oven with the light on.

For the next 4 days you’re going to shake the bottle twice a day. Unscrew the cap to let out any pressure buildup, screw it back on, then shake shake shake!

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By the end of 4 days, the water should be frothy on top, and you’ll definitely be able to smell the fruit fermenting: think a combination of orchard and barroom.

This is where you might have trouble with a 32-ounce bottle. Adding 400g of water takes you up to about 31 3/4 ounces plus the space the dates take up, so in order to leave a