Best Ever Sourdough Bread Recipe for Perfect Homemade Loaves
This recipe for sourdough bread guarantees perfect, homemade loaves with crusty exteriors and soft, chewy interiors.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 12 hours
- Yield: 1 loaf
- Category: bread
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 500 grams bread flour
- 350 grams water
- 100 grams active sourdough starter
- 10 grams salt
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the bread flour, water, and sourdough starter.
- Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and elastic.
- Let the dough rise for several hours until it has doubled in size.
- Shape the dough and place it into a proofing basket.
- Allow it to rise again before preheating the oven.
- Score the top of the dough and bake in a preheated oven until golden brown.
Notes
- For best results, use a kitchen scale for measuring ingredients.
- Consider using a Dutch oven for baking for a perfect crust.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 0.5 grams
- Sodium: 200 milligrams
- Fat: 1 gram
- Saturated Fat: 0.2 grams
- Unsaturated Fat: 0.8 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Carbohydrates: 30 grams
- Fiber: 1 gram
- Protein: 5 grams
- Cholesterol: 0 milligrams