I made some sourdough panbread tonight using my sourdough culture. I started out by taking 1 cup of my culture and letting it sit at room temperature overnight to revive it.  I then added 2 cups of water and 2 cups of white flour to the culture before I went to work in the morning and let it sit for at least 8 hours. I then added 2 tsp. of salt and 3 cups of flour, adding it 1 cup at a time.  This recipe called for using a stand mixer with a bread hook.  I didn’t have that so I mixed it by hand.  I eventually just used my hands.  Once the 3 cups of flour were added, I added another cup slowly until the dough was not sticking to my hands or the bowl and I then split it into two pieces (A). I added small amounts of flour as I kneaded the two pieces, switching back and forth.  Once the dough was smooth, I rolled it into a loaf shape and put some into the mini loaf pan and the rest into a regular loaf pan (B). I let the dough rise for 4.5 to 5 hours (C, D).  I then baked the mini loaf pan for 25 minutes at 350 and the big loaf for 35 minutes at 350.  My oven bakes hot.  The recipe called for a 375 oven and 40 minutes of baking. The final product (E).  The loaves didn’t get very brown.  I’ll be showing the pictures to my uncle for his critique.  He’ll likely let me know where I can improve. I haven’t tried it yet.  I’ll try one of the small loaves tomorrow with some soup I have in the freezer.

by hikergirl

I made some sourdough panbread tonight using my sourdough culture.

I started out by taking 1 cup of my culture and letting it sit at room temperature overnight to revive it.  I then added 2 cups of water and 2 cups of white flour to the culture before I went to work in the morning and let it sit for at least 8 hours.

I then added 2 tsp. of salt and 3 cups of flour, adding it 1 cup at a time.  This recipe called for using a stand mixer with a bread hook.  I didn’t have that so I mixed it by hand.  I eventually just used my hands.  Once the 3 cups of flour were added, I added another cup slowly until the dough was not sticking to my hands or the bowl and I then split it into two pieces (A).

I added small amounts of flour as I kneaded the two pieces, switching back and forth.  Once the dough was smooth, I rolled it into a loaf shape and put some into the mini loaf pan and the rest into a regular loaf pan (B).

I let the dough rise for 4.5 to 5 hours (C, D).  I then baked the mini loaf pan for 25 minutes at 350 and the big loaf for 35 minutes at 350.  My oven bakes hot.  The recipe called for a 375 oven and 40 minutes of baking.

The final product (E).  The loaves didn’t get very brown.  I’ll be showing the pictures to my uncle for his critique.  He’ll likely let me know where I can improve.

I haven’t tried it yet.  I’ll try one of the small loaves tomorrow with some soup I have in the freezer.

3 years ago
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