Side Dishes
Bread Machine Crusty Sourdough Bread
Description
This sourdough bread machine recipe has unraveled the closely guarded secret to great sourdough bread and made it "bread machine easy.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine or quick active dry yeast
- 4 cups lukewarm water (105°F to 115°F)
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ All-Purpose Flour or Gold Medal™ Bread Flour
- 4 teaspoons sugar
- Bread
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ Bread Flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon bread machine or quick active dry yeast
Directions:
- Make sourdough starter at least 1 week before making bread. In large glass bowl, dissolve 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast in warm water. Stir in 3 cups flour and 4 teaspoons sugar. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Cover loosely; let stand at room temperature about 1 week or until mixture is bubbly and has a sour aroma. Transfer to 2-quart or larger nonmetal bowl. Cover tightly; refrigerate until ready to use.
- Use sourdough starter once a week or stir in 1 teaspoon sugar. After using starter, replenish it by stirring in 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup water and 1 teaspoon sugar until smooth. Cover loosely; let stand in warm place at least 1 day until bubbly. Cover tightly; refrigerate until ready to use. To use, stir cold starter; measure cold starter, and let stand until room temperature (starter will expand as it warms up).
- Measure 1 cup of the sourdough starter and all remaining bread ingredients carefully, placing in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
- Select Basic/White cycle. Use Medium or Light crust color. Do not use delay cycle. (Total time will vary with appliance and setting.) Remove baked bread from pan; cool on cooling rack.
