This recipe worked better and was obviously much easier.
Sourdough bread machine recipe.
Stir in 3 cups flour and 4 teaspoons sugar.
I recently obtained a starter from a friend and wanted to give sourdough a try.
Place the ingredients into the pan of your machine in the order suggested by the manufacturer.
It s not baked in there that would not work at all but if you are looking for a truly simple sourdough recipe you have found it.
Beat with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth.
The first time i made this bread was in 2008.
This recipe has no yeast so it is a true sourdough bread.
Every bread machine is different.
Make sourdough starter at least 1 week before making bread.
Sourdough bread is a classic and traditional bread recipe that has been around for centuries.
If your bread machine has a warming cycle turn it off and start a basic bread cycle to stir these ingredients together.
After making it once by hand i tried this machine recipe.
This post focuses on making sourdough bread in a bread machine using an active sourdough starter as well as flour water salt and a little yeast.
Sourdough bread is a little more complicated to make than a regular loaf of white bread but the extra effort is well worth the outcome.
Add additional water or flour as necessary to make a smooth soft dough.
I find bread flour works very nicely.
Program for french bread or a similar long rising cycle.
Sourdough bread uses something called a starter that is made ahead of time.
Check the dough after about 10 minutes of kneading.
Put first 4 ingredients in bread machine and stir gently.
But it breaks some of the sourdough rules because it is kneaded fully like a yeast dough in the bread machine.
If you re making by hand mix all ingredients proof the yeast in 1 4 cup of the water and a teaspoon of sugar turn onto a floured surface and knead 8 10 mins.
I use the dark crust setting for this recipe.
In large glass bowl dissolve 1 1 2 teaspoons yeast in warm water.
The first rise took only 25 mins.
Sourdough bread machine recipe.
It features a bubbling mass of yeast in flour usually kept in a crock that allowed someone to have access to an endless yeast supply.
I don t own a bread machine so i made mine by hand.
Starter should start to bubble a little.
This required feeding the sourdough yeast starter with additions of flour and sugar but for pioneers who couldn t buy yeast readily it kept them suppled with all of.
While some people make it just a day ahead others feel a full week gives the bread a better taste.
This recipe works very well for me.
I remade it in january 2017 and made some edits to the post in addition to updating the photos.
Let sit for about 10 minutes.