The Perfect Sourdough Sandwich Bread
This delicious sourdough sandwich bread is perfect for your favorite picnic meal, or a Sunday French toast brunch! The best part about this recipe is that it's 6 simple ingredients and a great beginner bread-maker recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Milk Scalded
- 2 Tbsp Butter Softened
- 3 Tbsp Sugar
- 3/4 Cup Starter Active
- 3 Cups Flour
- 1 Heaping Tsp Salt
Instructions
- Scald milk and cool, and add to a large bowl. Add butter and sugar and stir until dissolved. Add starter and stir until dissolved.
- Add 2 C flour to the bowl and mix until a shaggy dough. Then add the remaining cup of flour and salt and squeeze dough with hands until flour is incorporated.
- Remove dough from bowl and knead on a wet countertop for 3-5 minutes. Oil a clean large bowl and place dough in bowl, cover and let rise and ferment for 8-18 hours.
- After dough has risen and fermented for desired amount of time, remove from bowl and stretch and fold a few times to tighten the crumb. Shape dough into a loaf and pinch the seams. Cover the loaf with oiled plastic wrap or a shower cap, and let rise for 1-4 hours until it has risen 1 inch over the top of the pan.
- Place dough in a buttered and floured bread pan and bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.