Sourdough Bread Recipe
Sour dough bread is a simple flour bread. Prepaerd with a sour dough starter, the sour dough bread is eggless and is oven baked for a nice and lovely homemade recipe.
Ingredients
1 cup sourdough starter
2 teaspoons salt
1 package active dry yeast or 1 cake compressed
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups warm water
6 cups unsifted all purpose flour
Directions
To make sourdough starter: Mix together 1 cup flour, 1 cup water, and 1 tablespoon sugar and let the mixture stand in a warm place 2 to 3 days or until fermented.
Sourdough starter may also be purchased.
Sprinkle yeast over warm water to dissolve.
Stir in the sourdough starter, 4 cups of the flour, salt, and sugar.
Stir vigorously for 3 minutes.
Transfer to a large greased bowl, cover with a tea towel, and let rise in a warm place until double in size.
This takes about 2 hours.
Mix baking soda with 1 cup of the remaining flour and stir into dough.
Turn dough onto a floured board and knead in remaining cup of flour (even a little more, if necessary) until dough is smooth and not sticky.
Shape it into one large round loaf or 2 oblong loaves and place on a lightly greased cooky sheet.
Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly double in size.
Before baking, brush surface with water and score or slash the top diagonally with a sharp knife.
Before putting bread in the oven to bake, place a shallow pan of hot water in the bottom of the oven.
Bake bread in a preheated 400° oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
Sourdough starter may also be purchased.
Sprinkle yeast over warm water to dissolve.
Stir in the sourdough starter, 4 cups of the flour, salt, and sugar.
Stir vigorously for 3 minutes.
Transfer to a large greased bowl, cover with a tea towel, and let rise in a warm place until double in size.
This takes about 2 hours.
Mix baking soda with 1 cup of the remaining flour and stir into dough.
Turn dough onto a floured board and knead in remaining cup of flour (even a little more, if necessary) until dough is smooth and not sticky.
Shape it into one large round loaf or 2 oblong loaves and place on a lightly greased cooky sheet.
Cover and let rise in a warm place until nearly double in size.
Before baking, brush surface with water and score or slash the top diagonally with a sharp knife.
Before putting bread in the oven to bake, place a shallow pan of hot water in the bottom of the oven.
Bake bread in a preheated 400° oven for 45 to 50 minutes.
