This bread machine sourdough recipe produces a delicious sourdough bread. It is a fantastic sandwich bread to make at home because sourdough bread has an unique sour and tangy flavor. Visit Bread Dad (BreadDad.com) for more easy bread machine recipes. FYI - This recipe does not include the prep time if you are making live sourdough from scratch. It assumes that you have live sourdough starter already or have bought some live sourdough starter.
1/2CupSourdough Starter- 115 milliliters - You need to add LIVE sourdough starter (not dry starter) to the bread pan. The starter should NOT be very liquidy. It should look like bubbly dough (see picture above). See the tips section for more info.
4TablespoonsVegetable Oil- 60 milliliters
2 1/2CupsBread Flour- 300 grams
1/2CupWhole Wheat Flour- 58 grams
1TablespoonWhite Granulated Sugar- 13 grams
1TeaspoonSalt- 6 grams
1TeaspoonBread Machine Yeast- 3 grams
Instructions
Settings - Basic Bread, Light Color & 2 lbs.
Unplug your bread machine.
Remove the bread pan from the bread machine (so when you add the ingredients, they can not accidentally spill into the machine).
Measure the sourdough starter and stir out any bubbles (if you can). This helps to make the volume more consistent (versus including the volume of "empty" bubbles).
Pour the water, sourdough starter & oil into the bread pan first and then add the other ingredients.
Put the bread pan with ingredients back into unplugged bread machine.
Plug in bread machine. Enter the correct settings (basic bread, light color & 2 lbs) and press the "start" button.
When the bread machine has finished baking the bread, unplug the bread machine.
Take out the bread pan and remove the bread from the bread pan. Place the bread on a cooling rack. Use oven mitts when removing the bread pan as it will be very hot!
Optional – Right after you remove the hot bread from the bread pan and place it on the cooling rack, you can use a pastry brush to brush 1 tablespoon of melted butter on the top of the bread. This creates a more golden crust and adds even more buttery flavor. This works best when the bread is still hot. FYI – Do not use too much melted butter or it will run all over the sides of the bread. Also do not brush on when the bread has cooled down.
Let the bread cool on the cooling rack for 1-2 hours before cutting.
Please read the tips section (especially the sourdough starter tips) for extra information on how to make this recipe successfully.
Notes
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Nutrition information does not include optional melted butter for top crust.
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