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Easy Beginner Sourdough Bread

This easy to make, beginner sourdough bread is simple but delicious. This recipe features just three ingredients: white flour, salt and water. Get our step by step instructions for making your first sourdough bread loaf right here.
Prep Time 12 hours
Cook Time 55 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Course Side Dish
Servings 12

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 60 grams fed sourdough starter see above for details.
  • 350 grams water
  • 500 grams flour
  • 2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Combine the sourdough starter with water in a large bowl and whisk well with a fork.
  • Add flour and salt and combine with a spatula. Dampen your fingertips, then roll the dough into a rough ball.
  • Cover bread dough and let rest for 60 minutes.
  • Stretch and fold the dough three times, thirty minutes apart. (To stretch the dough, take about 1/4 of the dough in your hands, pull up, then set it on top of itself).
  • Cover the bread dough with a wet tea towel or Saran wrap and let rest overnight, about 8-10 hours.
  • The dough should be doubled in size in the morning.
  • Perform one last set of stretch and folds, rolling the dough into a ball before placing it on a sheet of parchment paper. Set in a large bowl, cover and place in the refrigerator for one hour.
  • Remove the dough from the fridge and transfer it to the Dutch Oven, making sure there is a piece of parchment paper beneath to keep the bread from sticking to the Dutch Oven. (Do not preheat oven).
  • Place the bread in the oven, then turn the temperature to 450. Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until the bread is slightly browned. You can leave the lid on the entire time.
  • Let bread cool for at least one hour before dying.
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