Hi Bill and all, Below is a recipe for basic sourdough bread. This assumes you have a sourdough starter growing.
Go to food.about.com and do a find for the word bread. There will be a link to the bread baking home page. If you don't have a starter, do a search for sourdough starter. Also, there is a place there to sign up for a once a week news letter. There are hundreds of bread recipes. OK, here's the recipe for Basic Sourdough bread. Basic Sourdough Bread Recipe User Rating 3.5 Star Rating (3 Reviews) write a review By Elizabeth Yetter, About.com Guide Here is your chance to finally use the sourdough starter you've made! This 1-loaf recipe is a very basic, beginner's sourdough bread recipe. The crust is soft and chewy and the middle is moist. Great as toast, for making sandwiches, and for dinnertime. Prep Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 3 hours, 10 minutes Ingredients: .1/2 cup milk .2 tbsp shortening .2 tbsp sugar .1 tsp salt .1 cup sourdough starter .2-3 cups bread flour Preparation: 1.In small saucepan, scald milk and shortening. Set aside and allow to cool until lukewarm. 2.In large bowl, add sugar and salt. Pour in warm milk and melted shortening. Stir until sugar is dissolved. 3.Mix in starter. 4.Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough is too thick to be mixed with wooden spoon. 5.Turn dough out on floured board and begin to knead for 10 minutes, adding flour when dough gets sticky. 6.Put dough in greased bowl and turn over so that dough top is greased. Cover and let rise in warm place for 90 minutes. 7.Punch down dough. Cover bowl and let rise a second time for 30 minutes. 8.Punch down dough. Turn onto board and knead for about 3 minutes. 9.Shape dough into a round loaf. Place on greased baking sheet. Cover and let rise for 60 minutes or until double in size. 10.Preheat oven 400 degrees F. 11.Using a sharp knife, slash an X on the bread top. Bake for 40 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped on. Gary Patterson -----Original Message----- From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark-boun...@acbradio.org] On Behalf Of Bill Deatherage Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 10:41 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Subject: [CnD] Bread starters Hello, I have enjoyed Reading recipes about making bread. Speaking of making bread, I was wondering about what are starters? is starters only used with sour dough bread? also, does anyone have a recipe for sour dough bread? Thanks in advance. Bill Deatherage _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
