Simple Sour Dough
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A simple sour dough that uses wild caught yeast.
Ingredients
For the Starter
  • 1 clean and sterilized quart jar/bowl
  • ¼ cup 100% whole wheat flour
  • ¼ cup filtered/purified water
For Daily Feeding(once daily for 5-7days)
  • ¼ cup 100% whole wheat flour
  • ¼ cup filtered/purified water
For the Bread
  • 1 cup of freshly fed starter
  • 2½ cups 100% whole wheat flour
  • 2½ TBS vital wheat gluten (optional)
  • 1 cup filtered/purified warm water
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
Instructions
For the Starter
  1. Place ¼ cup purified water and ¼ cup 100% whole wheat flour into the jar, mix until combined.
  2. Loosley cover with a coffee filter and rubber band or jar band.
  3. Place in a warm spot on counter.
For Daily Feeding
  1. Stir starter with a wooden/plastic spoon.
  2. Add ¼ cup purified/filtered water and ¼ cup 100% whole wheat flour to jar. Stir to combine, it's okay if there are a few small lumps.
  3. Recover with coffee filter and allow to sit.
For the Bread
  1. Place1 cup of freshly fed starter into your mixing bowl.
  2. Add 1 Tbsp olive oil, 1 cup of 100% whole wheat flour and 1 cup of water to bowl. Mix
  3. Allow this to rest for 5 minutes.
  4. Add additional flour with vital wheat gluten and mix until combined.
  5. Place additional 1 Tbsp of olive oil in a clean bowl, turn dough ball to coat lightly.
  6. Cover and allow to rise for 2½ hours or double in size.
  7. Deflate dough and re shape into a ball and place back into the bowl. Cover again and let rise aprox 1 hour or double in size again.
  8. Carefully remove dough from bowl and shape into a loaf, place into loaf pan and allow to rise an additional 30 minutes.
  9. Slash top of loaf with a sharp knife and bake at 350^ for 60 minutes or until done.
  10. Allow to cool completely and slice
Notes
If you find that you need to leave your starter or not use it for a few days... feed it and place it in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 1715 Fat: 31g Saturated fat: 4g Unsaturated fat: 25g Carbohydrates: 290g Sugar: 1g Sodium: 17mg Fiber: 10g Protein: 61g
Recipe by Wonderfully Made and Dearly Loved at https://wonderfullymadeanddearlyloved.com/simple-sour-dough/