Bread Machine Sourdough

Prepare the dough in the bread machine and shape the loaf.

Bread machine sourdough.

Pour all the ingredients into a mixing bowl except the salt and mix it up. Sourdough bread dough is a little gloopier then regular white bread. Most bread machines are designed to work with breads leavened with commercial yeast and therefore are programmed for a short and consistent rising period. The breville sourdough bread machine has a user friendly lcd screen on which you can track the baking progress of the bread.

Program for french bread or a similar long rising cycle. Other things you can do on the screen include customizing the bake settings there are up to 13 options setting the loaf sizes 4 sizes available and choosing from 3 crust colors. Check the dough after about 10 minutes of kneading. In large glass bowl dissolve 1 1 2 teaspoons yeast in warm water.

Add additional water or flour as necessary to make a smooth soft dough. If you own a bread machine and want to use it to make sourdough bread it may or may not be possible. Stir in 3 cups flour and 4 teaspoons sugar. Step by step bread machine sourdough bread.

Like all sourdough breads wait until at room temperature before cutting or insides will clump up and tear the insides out of the loaf. Make sourdough starter at least 1 week before making bread. See directions for making a starter or order a starter online. The rise time for each culture.