Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread Recipe - Reformation Acres Print
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Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread

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Ingredients

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  • Preferment Sponge
  • 1 cup sourdough starter
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole wheat flour
  • Bread
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup butter or oil, melted
  • ¼ cup honey
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • 2 ¾ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 ¾ cup whole wheat flour
  • 3 teaspoons salt

Instructions

  1. Instead of feeding your starter the night as usual, prepare a stiff preferment sponge by thoroughly mixing all Preferment Sponge ingredients until smooth.
  2. Cover with a sheer cloth and allow to sit at room temperature overnight.
  3. In the morning, add to the a dough mixer all of the sponge and the remaining bread ingredients EXCEPT the salt.
  4. Mix the ingredients for a couple of minutes until they are all incorporated.
  5. Then allow the dough to sit for 20 minutes.
  6. Add 3 teaspoons salt, then mix the dough on low speed for 4 minutes.
  7. Shut off the mixer, and loosely cover with plastic wrap.
  8. Let the dough sit for an 75 minutes.
  9. Remove the plastic wrap. Turn on the mixer for two turns of the dough hooks. (This develops the gluten.) Recover with plastic wrap.
  10. Let the dough sit for another 75 minutes. Turn on the mixer for two turns of the dough hooks once again. Remove the dough hook. Recover with plastic wrap.
  11. Let the dough sit for another 75 minutes, for a total first rise of 3 hours and 45 minutes.
  12. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into two.
  13. Roll out each ball into a rectangle the width of the length of your bread pan. The length of the rectangle isn’t as big of a deal, just roll out enough to remove most air pockets. Tightly roll up jelly roll style, pinching the bottom seam. Pinch the ends, tucking under. Pat nicely into a loaf shape and place into a well-buttered bread pan.
  14. Repeat for the other piece of dough.
  15. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap and place back in a warm, draft free spot until doubled and a nicely sized loaf. Don’t get impatient and put it in too soon, or it will be dense.
  16. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  17. Slash with a lame, razor blade, or sharp knife down and then brush with tops with melted butter.
  18. Bake for 35-40 minutes until the loaves sound hollow when tapped.
  19. Remove loaves from pans and transfer to a cooling rack.
  • Author: Reformation Acres

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