Home-made bread, not in a bread machine!
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:25 pm
Sourdough potato bread, 3 loaf recipe
Starter, first time only.
3 cups warm water, about 100 degrees F
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup Betty Crocker potato buds
½ packet of active dry yeast (make sure it’s well within the expiration date)
Get a clean quart jar, this will be the home for your starter. Pour warm water in the jar, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water, add potato buds, cover with aluminum foil with some holes punched in it and let sit on counter for 24 hours. It will get foamy and bubbly, the liquid will turn yellow/tan and air bubbles will burp out of the potato. Put it in the refrigerator for several days and take it out 12 hours before you’re ready to make bread.
Dough – all ingredients must be room temperature. I use a mixer with a dough hook, saves a lot of mess and kneading! This will make 3 loaves of bread.
7 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon salt
1/3 cup sugar
1 ½ cup starter (stir your starter to get both liquid and potato)
½ cup corn oil
about 1 cup warm water
Stir the dry ingredients together, add starter and oil and mix. Add a little water at a time until your dough becomes soft but not really sticky. If it’s sticky or wet, add small amounts of flour until it becomes more workable. Knead the dough for four minutes. Shape dough into a ball, place in a large oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Put the bowl in a warm area, I heat the oven for a minute or two and put the dough in there to rise for 12 hours or double in size. Don’t forget to turn the oven off!
Feed your starter – dissolve 1/3 cup sugar into 1 ½ cup warm water, pour it in the starter. Add 1/3 cup potato buds and put in the fridge until you’re ready to bake again. If you don’t bake within 7 days, pour off 1 ½ cups of starter and feed as above. I switch to a clean jar every time I feed so my starter has a clean house to live in.
After the dough has doubled in size, sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and give the dough a quick kneading to work the air bubbles out. Divide into thirds. Flatten the dough to the size of the bread pan, place in oiled bread pans (oil the top of the dough for a soft crust) and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rise until at least even with top of pans. Remove plastic and bake at 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes – the crust will become golden brown. Remove from pans and allow to cool for 15 minutes before cutting.
To make cinnamon bread – mix up 3 teaspoons cinnamon into ½ cup sugar (you probably won’t need quite that much for one loaf) and melt a tablespoon of butter. Roll out one of the thirds of dough to about ¼ inch thick and try to keep the dough’s width about the length of the bread pan. Coat the dough from edge to edge with butter, just enough to give something for the cinnamon/sugar to stick to, and sprinkle cinnamon/sugar over the entire surface. Roll up the dough like a jelly roll, pinch the loose flap to keep it closed and place in oiled bread pan. Brush butter on the top of the dough, then let it rise and bake as above.
I’m sure there are hundreds of recipes for sourdough bread, don’t hesitate to refer to on-line recipes or cookbooks for hints, tips or variations.
Enjoy!
Starter, first time only.
3 cups warm water, about 100 degrees F
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup Betty Crocker potato buds
½ packet of active dry yeast (make sure it’s well within the expiration date)
Get a clean quart jar, this will be the home for your starter. Pour warm water in the jar, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water, add potato buds, cover with aluminum foil with some holes punched in it and let sit on counter for 24 hours. It will get foamy and bubbly, the liquid will turn yellow/tan and air bubbles will burp out of the potato. Put it in the refrigerator for several days and take it out 12 hours before you’re ready to make bread.
Dough – all ingredients must be room temperature. I use a mixer with a dough hook, saves a lot of mess and kneading! This will make 3 loaves of bread.
7 cups bread flour
1 tablespoon salt
1/3 cup sugar
1 ½ cup starter (stir your starter to get both liquid and potato)
½ cup corn oil
about 1 cup warm water
Stir the dry ingredients together, add starter and oil and mix. Add a little water at a time until your dough becomes soft but not really sticky. If it’s sticky or wet, add small amounts of flour until it becomes more workable. Knead the dough for four minutes. Shape dough into a ball, place in a large oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Put the bowl in a warm area, I heat the oven for a minute or two and put the dough in there to rise for 12 hours or double in size. Don’t forget to turn the oven off!
Feed your starter – dissolve 1/3 cup sugar into 1 ½ cup warm water, pour it in the starter. Add 1/3 cup potato buds and put in the fridge until you’re ready to bake again. If you don’t bake within 7 days, pour off 1 ½ cups of starter and feed as above. I switch to a clean jar every time I feed so my starter has a clean house to live in.
After the dough has doubled in size, sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and give the dough a quick kneading to work the air bubbles out. Divide into thirds. Flatten the dough to the size of the bread pan, place in oiled bread pans (oil the top of the dough for a soft crust) and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rise until at least even with top of pans. Remove plastic and bake at 350 degrees F for 30-40 minutes – the crust will become golden brown. Remove from pans and allow to cool for 15 minutes before cutting.
To make cinnamon bread – mix up 3 teaspoons cinnamon into ½ cup sugar (you probably won’t need quite that much for one loaf) and melt a tablespoon of butter. Roll out one of the thirds of dough to about ¼ inch thick and try to keep the dough’s width about the length of the bread pan. Coat the dough from edge to edge with butter, just enough to give something for the cinnamon/sugar to stick to, and sprinkle cinnamon/sugar over the entire surface. Roll up the dough like a jelly roll, pinch the loose flap to keep it closed and place in oiled bread pan. Brush butter on the top of the dough, then let it rise and bake as above.
I’m sure there are hundreds of recipes for sourdough bread, don’t hesitate to refer to on-line recipes or cookbooks for hints, tips or variations.
Enjoy!