 Bread
Making Questions
Can I use Sourdough Starter in a bread
machine?
Q. Can I use Sourdough Starter
in a bread machine?
A. The bread machine tends to be too fast of a process for sourdough.
You can either use the machine to make and knead the dough, then allow
more rising time out of the machine and bake in a conventional oven or
use it but extend the rising times in your machine before baking to allow
more sour flavor development. If you want to adapt a bread machine
recipe to use your sourdough starter, replace ¾ cup water and ¾
cup flour in your recipe with 1 cup of fed sourdough sponge. Here
is a bread machine recipe to use as a starting point. Since the bread
machine process is faster, there is added yeast in the recipe.
Fast Bread Machine Sourdough
1 c sourdough starter
1 tsp salt
1/2 c warm water
1 Tbsp sugar
2 1/3 c white bread flour
2 tsp. yeast
1 Tbsp oil
1 tsp vital wheat gluten
Place the ingredients in the bread machine using the standard white
bread setting. If the bread tends to collapse, cut the ½ cup of
warm water by 1-2 Tablespoons. Makes 1 ½ pound loaf.
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