Description
Classic sourdough bread with a crispy crust. Delicious with sweet or savory toppings. There are some major benefits of eating sourdough bread over regular white bread. Some of those benefits are: increased antioxidants, lower glycemic index, richer in nutrients, and easier to digest. Learn more at Sourdough Bread: Is It Good for You?
Ingredients
- 200 g sourdough starter (see Sourdough starter recipe )
- 165 g water at 90F
- 376 g bread flour (King Arthur)
- 8 g of salt
Directions
- Mix all ingredients and knead for about 15 minutes by hand or 5 min on a stand mixer.
- Make dough into a ball, put a little bit of olive oil around it and cover with plastic for 4-8 hours.
- Work the dough on a flat surface, shape the dough being careful of nor over working the dough.
- Place dough on proof basket and let it rest for another 4-6 hours.
- Bake at 425F for 25 min in a close dutch oven inside your regular oven.
- Remove bread from dutch over and bake for another 10 min.
Notes
For the flour, you can mix regular bread flour with whole wheat flour. You can have a maximum ratio of 1:1 of whole wheat to regular bread flour. That is, half-and-half by weight.