Easiest Sourdough Bread Recipe EVER!

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,

 places to play in and pray in,

where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul."

---John Muir

If you have a sourdough starter,

then here is an easy bread recipe for you.

This sourdough bread recipe is the easiest ever

because.....

you make it in your bread machine.

Easy...peasy!!!!

I found it at http://allrecipes.com/

My starter is going great!

Find out how I made it here...

http://inkspillersattic.blogspot.com/2012/05/crust-of-breadsourdough-starter.html#links

I used my starter in this recipe

making the results tangy, soft, and delicious.

This is a white bread,

using basic ingredients.

Basic Sourdough Bread

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup sourdough starter

1/3 cup water

3 cups all purpose flour

1 Tablespoon white sugar

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons yeast

Directions:

Allow starter to come to room temperature. 

 Place all ingredients in the bread machine.

Select Basic cycle, and medium crust setting. 

Start.

It's still hot, and boy is it good! :)

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

Breadbaking dance

"[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses,

 like a dance from some ancient ceremony.

 It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells...

there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise,

no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel,

that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts

 than this homely ceremony of making bread."

                                                       ---M. F. K. Fisher, ‘The Art of Eating’

  My breadbaking adventure has taught me a lot.

I haven't made bread from scratch in years,

(I usually just buy artisan bread, or at times

make my own in the bread machine)

so this was fun.

I was not discouraged

 even though my first loaf didn't turn out well.

(It was like a ton of bricks,

and very tough.

Not good)

I wasn't sure if it was something I did

 (oh no, it couldn't be THAT!... wink)

or maybe it was my homemade starter below,

(No...I'm sure I made that right too)

or maybe it was the recipe I used.

(that's got to be it... of course...teehee)

So I picked out another recipe,

a 'no knead' recipe at that...

and used my homemade sourdough starter as before,

and got busy again.

The second loaf is like heaven!

Just let me know if you want this no-knead recipe.

Now, I'm off to enjoy a slice of my bread...

with butter, and a glass of iced green tea with lemon.

“Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods;

 and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts.”

---James Beard (1903-1985)

Visit Kimmie for Tea on Tuesday.

http://artinredwagons.blogspot.com/

Savor the Day!

Yvonne

A Crust of Bread...sourdough starter

“If thou tastest a crust of bread,
thou tastest all the stars
and all the heavens.”
--Robert Browning
I learned something from my Granny long ago,

and haven't done it in a very long time.....

make my own sourdough starter.

She had used a 'starter' that began

from a 'mother dough'

many years before, as 'starters'

are passed down through the years,

if done right.

I love homemade bread!

I guess the last time I made a 'starter' successfully,

my son was not born yet,

and he was born in 1984.  LOL

That was during the time when

we had cows, chickens, a huge garden, etc.

I made all kinds of wonderful things...

my own butter, yogurt, cottage cheese and more.

(As you can see in the photo,

 I'm also busy drying some herbs from my garden)

I hope this 'starter' of mine works.

There are some different ways to make it,

(some soak fruit in the water first,

and others add to the starter every day for days)

but mine is simply

 mixing 2 cups of whole wheat flour

with 3 cups of warm filtered water.

The great thing is you don't use any yeast,

because the little critters that make bread rise

actually live all around us.

To find out more on managing your

sourdough starter etc.,

Breadtopia is a good sight

with lots of great info on breadmaking.

http://www.breadtopia.com/sourdough-starter-management/

You can actually purchase 'starter' here,

if you don't want to go to all the fun of making your own.

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/classic-fresh-sourdough-starter-1-oz?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Top%20Performers%3a%20Broad&utm_content=Ingredients%20%2d%20Sourdough%20Starter&utm_term=where%20to%20buy%20sourdough%20starter&gclid=CJDfkMDTgrACFS7DtgodzkBaVQ

Now my 'starter' has to sit for a 2-5 days in a warm place.

I covered it,

 sat it on top of my toaster oven,

near the stove, in the corner,

out of the way of drafts.

After fermentation has begun

and I know that all is good,

(meaning no pink color, and no bad smell)

I then put it in the refrigerator,

and it's ready to use in my bread recipes.

I will keep you posted

on how it goes.

Savor the Day!

Yvonne