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Sour Dough Bread

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Enjoy your own hand-crafted homemade bread!

Ingredients

 500 (approximately 4 cups) grams bread flour
 350 grams (approximately 1 1/2) water
 12 grams (salt)
 75 grams sourdough starter (purchased online, see Notes)
 Rice Flour for dusting

Instructions

1

Mix all ingredients together except for the salt. Rest one hour.

2

Add salt. Stretch and fold. Slap and fold. Rest 30 minutes.

3

Stretch, slap, fold, and rest for 30 minutes. Repeat 3 more times.

4

Allow dough to rest for 3 to 6 hours.

5

Press down, shape, rest for 20 minutes.

6

Shape dough. Dust with rice flour and place in a sourdough basket (banneton), or wrap in a towel dusted with rice flour and place in a bowl. Cover and rest for 2 hours.

7

Preheat oven to 450⁰F. Place a Dutch oven inside the oven for 45 minutes.

8

Place dough on parchment paper. Score with a baker’s blade. Place the dough with the parchment paper in the Dutch oven. Bake at 450⁰F for 25 minutes.

9

Turn oven down to 350⁰. Remove the dough from the Dutch oven and place on the oven rack. Bake an additional 25 minutes. Remove from oven. Allow to cool before slicing and enjoy!

Serves- 8

Notes:
Sourdough starter can be purchased online. You can also make your
own starter. It is easy to make, but takes dedication to the process. It
takes 7 to 9 days to make and regular feeding to maintain. There are many tutorials and recipes online.

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Ingredients

 500 (approximately 4 cups) grams bread flour
 350 grams (approximately 1 1/2) water
 12 grams (salt)
 75 grams sourdough starter (purchased online, see Notes)
 Rice Flour for dusting

Directions

1

Mix all ingredients together except for the salt. Rest one hour.

2

Add salt. Stretch and fold. Slap and fold. Rest 30 minutes.

3

Stretch, slap, fold, and rest for 30 minutes. Repeat 3 more times.

4

Allow dough to rest for 3 to 6 hours.

5

Press down, shape, rest for 20 minutes.

6

Shape dough. Dust with rice flour and place in a sourdough basket (banneton), or wrap in a towel dusted with rice flour and place in a bowl. Cover and rest for 2 hours.

7

Preheat oven to 450⁰F. Place a Dutch oven inside the oven for 45 minutes.

8

Place dough on parchment paper. Score with a baker’s blade. Place the dough with the parchment paper in the Dutch oven. Bake at 450⁰F for 25 minutes.

9

Turn oven down to 350⁰. Remove the dough from the Dutch oven and place on the oven rack. Bake an additional 25 minutes. Remove from oven. Allow to cool before slicing and enjoy!

Serves- 8

Notes:
Sourdough starter can be purchased online. You can also make your
own starter. It is easy to make, but takes dedication to the process. It
takes 7 to 9 days to make and regular feeding to maintain. There are many tutorials and recipes online.

Sour Dough Bread