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April 04, 2015

Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf

BM# 51 -- Baking Marathon: Day 4
Bake of the Day: Breads -- Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf
I have had sourdough starter for more than 4 years now, but as a family we are not much into crusty breads. So I don't call myself a sourdough baker, I have a sourdough starter that I use along with quite a bit of yeast to make soft, everyday not-so crusty breads. Real sourdough bakers utilize the starter itself to leaven the breads instead of relying on yeast.
Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf
As I was looking for sourdough sandwich bread, I found this beginner bread recipe on the Kitchn blog and one look at the pictures I knew this was exactly what I need to bake with my starter. I followed the recipe to the 'T' and the bread turned out just perfect. Here's my just fed, bubbly sourdough starter. Here's the post with the recipe for the Sourdough Starter.
Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf

Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf
As you can see, the bread has a nice golden brown crust with a soft, fluffy crumb. Tastes great with butter or a smear of Nutella (my son's favorite way to enjoy his bread). Do give this bread a try if you are a sourdough baking newbie. 
Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf
Recipe adapted from the Kitchn:
Ingredients: Makes 1 8½"x4½" loaf
All purpose Flour - 1¼cups
White Whole wheat flour - 1~1¼cups (or use 2¼~2½cups of all purpose flour)
Sourdough Starter - 1cup, fed
Instant Yeast - 1tsp
Sugar - 1tsp
Salt - 1½tsp
Lukewarm Water - ½~¾cup

Method:
  • Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer. Start with ½cup of water and more 1tbsp at a time. Mix and knead to form a smooth and pliable dough. If using stand mixer, knead the dough for 7~8 minutes. If kneading by hand, then knead for 10~12 minutes.
  • Transfer the dough to a greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 1½~2 hours.
  • Once risen, turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Shape the dough into a rough ball and rest covered for 20 minutes. 
  • Grease a 8½x4½ loaf pan. Shape the dough into a sandwich loaf and transfer it into the greased loaf pan. Cover the pan loosely with greased plastic wrap and let it rise until the dough rises 1" over the rim of the pan, about 1~1½hours.
  • Preheat the oven to 450°F towards the end of the rising time.
  • Slash the top of the loaf with a sharp knife and bake for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 400°F and continue to bake for another 25~30 minutes, until the top is deep golden brown and sound hollow when tapped. Total baking time is 35~40 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and then take the bread out of the pan on to a wire rack and let cool completely before slicing.
Basic Sourdough Sandwich Loaf

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22 comments:

  1. Always want to try my hands with sourdough starter but am bit skeptical as my family members are nt great fans of sourdough breads, wish i give a try soon.. btw loaf looks stunning.

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  2. Wow what a nice texture!!! Bread looks awesome.. Am bookmarking it..

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  3. so the original Pavani starter dough was waiting to explode out here..this bread looks fabulous and no matter how many recipes i see for this would always keep falling for it...

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  4. Another great loaf! I love the fact that it used a starter. This would be perfect for packed lunch sandwiches.

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  5. Love the loaf of bread. And the cute little butter dish too :)

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  6. Wow, Pavani! That bread looks so gorgeous with that golden brown crust and that perfect looking crumb.

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  7. Another delicious and perfectly made bread in this series.The bread got a very nice texture and feel like grabbing it..

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  8. wow!!What a perfect bread. Thanks for the link Pavani

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  9. Another beautiful bread. You queen of breads!

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  10. yummy ! am yet to attempt sourdough, but this looks like a winner !

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  11. Wow Pavani! The bread look so good and lovely color too. I want to make a sour dough starter but something is really holding me back....

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  12. Lovely bread perfect for sandwiches.

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  13. Wow, very spongy and healthy bread

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  14. Your bread looks amaaaazing!

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  15. Another keeper recipe!! Homemade pretty much always trumps store-bought

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  16. Pavani, not enough words to explain how I feel...the bread looks out of the world!..and no need to talk about the clicks!.you must be bored hearing us saying they are stunning right..:)

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  17. Bread looks amazingly hole-y!!!! Love that texture!! I so want to try my hands with sourdough, hopefully before the end of this year!!! :)

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  18. Pavani, I just don't have words to describe your lovely breads! This is such a great looking bread with lovely crumb!

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  19. I too love sourdough bread, a great fan of it , this bread has turned out perfect, book marking it.

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  20. Pavani the bread looks so perfect. I didn't try my hand on sourdough have to try..

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  21. Now I plan to make these loves this one in winter and the rest when looking down is not a pain. I wish I could make them right now.

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  22. Looking at all your sour dough loaves, I am tempted to start my starter again. This sandwich loaf looks perfect...

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