About the Recipe
This is the most simplest and easiest sourdough bread that you can prepare at home. You don't need to be a pro at baking or making breads, its that easy! So lets begin with our classic and yet simple to follow instructions in creating this beauty.
Ingredients
Ingredients
3 cups of bread flour or all-purpose flour
2 tsp of sugar
1 ½ tsp of regular salt
¾ tsp of instant yeast or active dry yeast
1 ¼ cup of lukewarm water
Salted butter for serving the bread
Preparation
Preparation
Step 1: In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and yeast
Step 2: Add lukewarm water to the dry ingredients and mix well to form an uneven dough.
Step 3: Cover the bowl with a plastic cling wrap and place it in a warm place to rise for about 2 hours
Step 4: Remove the plastic wrap from the dough and knead for 5 minutes tucking the sides inside making it a smooth ball like dough
Step 5: Place the dough in a flour dusted bowl and let it sit for 30 minutes. The dough will double in size.
Step 6:Pre heat the oven at 450 degree fahrenheit or 230 degree CelsiusÂ
Step 7:Â Transfer the dough to a baking pan or a dutch oven. Make a cut at the top of the dough, allowing it to expand with the heat.
Step 8: Reduce the oven temperature to 400 degree Fahrenheit or 230 degree celsius for baking. Now bake it for 30 minutes, bake it for few more minutes if you want it more brown and crisper.
Step 9: Let the cool in a cooling rack and serve with some salted butter and ENJOY!!!!!
Congratulations you’ve just made your self the best sourdough bread that is soft, and tastes divine!