Sourdough Bread
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Sourdough Bread
It taste’s amazing! It smells amazing! It nourishes your body
How to make it, and how to care for your culture
Ingredients
1 cup sourdough starter
3 cups organic flour (we love einkorn flour)
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon sea salt we use Pink Himalayan or Celtic Sea Salt for quality and mineral content.
butter, coconut oil or lard
mixing bowl
bread pan
Directions
Mix flour, sourdough starter and water together. I use a kitchen aid, but it can be done by hand.
Cover the bowl with a damp cloth to keep dough moist. Leave in a warm place for 4-12 hours. The longer it cultures the more tasty sourdough flavor your loaf will have.
Add honey and salt to the dough and mix together. Coat the inside of your bread pan with butter, coconut oil or lard to keep dough from sticking. Then transfer the dough to the pan
Cover pan with a damp towel and let it set for another 4-12 hours. This will allow the dough to rise. Some flours rise more than others. If your bread doesn't rise much, don’t worry, it will still be tasty and nourishing.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Once cooled, dump bread out of pan. Wait until bread is fully cooled to slice. Slicing is much easier when the bread has cooled.
With 4 hungry children anxiously awaiting fresh bread we don’t always wait. There’s few things in life that can compare to a warm slice of fresh bread dripping with melted butter.
Caring for your culture
Sourdough culture is alive and it needs to be fed just like a pet. If kept at room temperature it should be fed every 12 hours to keep it alive. If you keep it in the refrigerator it only needs to be fed once a week. If you will not be using your culture often, keep it in your refrigerator.
1 cup of starter needs to be fed 3 tablespoons of flour and 2 tablespoons of water at each feeding. 2 cups of starter needs 6 tablespoons of flour and 4 tablespoons of water. Use non chlorinated water as chlorine can cause your happy starter culture to perish.
If you care for your starter culture, it will in turn care for you.
“There comes a point in your life when you need to stop eating other people's bread and make your own!”
― Chris Geiger
