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Fast Bread Machine Sourdough

The bread machine tends to be too fast of a process for sourdough. However there are a couple of things you can try.

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, you can also extend the rising times in your machine before baking to allow more sour flavor development.

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.

1 cup sourdough starter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup warm water
1 Tablespoon sugar
2 1/3 cup white bread flour
2 teaspoon yeast
1 Tablespoon oil
1 teaspoon vital wheat gluten

Place the ingredients in the bread machine using the standard white bread setting.
If the bread from your machine tends to collapse, cut the ½ cup of warm water by 1-2 Tablespoons. Makes 1 half-pound loaf.

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