Easy Homemade Sourdough Bread Loaf

This sourdough bread loaf is easy to make and so good that, you’ll never buy bread from the grocery store again! Made with just a few simple ingredients found in your pantry and a bubbly active sourdough starter. You’ll be making fresh bread loaf in no time!

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I’ve always wanted to try my hand at making homemade sourdough bread at home but, never really had the push I needed to accomplish the task at hand. That was until the pandemic hit in 2020. All of a sudden, that store bought bread that wasn’t really important at the time became super important.

If you didn’t have a stock pile of active dry yeast just lying around, you were out of luck!

This pandemic has made it more important than ever to learn how to make easy and nutritious homemade sourdough bread loaf from scratch through the use of a sourdough starter. You also also use your sourdough starter to make fluffy sourdough biscuits, sourdough pineapple upside down cake, or delicious sourdough brioche buns.

Craving a great sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and just about any condiment your heart desires? A beautiful, nice, and easy sourdough loaf is the key.

Maybe you want a delicious breakfast sandwich with a hint of flair (flair being: eggs, bacon, and cheese)? This would be perfect on two slices of your homemade bread.

How long will the Sourdough Bread Loaf last out or in the freezer?

The Sourdough Bread Loaf will last about 4 to 5 days out on the counter. I usually wrap the loaf in cling wrap then put it in a Ziploc bag. Make sure you get as much air out of the bag. It’s an extra precaution you won’t regret.

We personally never have the bread longer than 4 days. My husband loves to take a toasted egg and cheese breakfast sandwich to work with him in the mornings!

If you are wanting to freeze the bread, there are a few things that you should do:

1. Let the bread cool all the way before wrapping it up (This is if you have just taken it out of the oven).
2. Wrap the bread in plastic wrap or foil
3. Then put in a Ziploc bag made for putting things in the freezer
4. Make sure to get as much air our of the bag as you can to keep it fresher longer

The bread should last about 4 to 5 months In the freezer, give or take.

Tools needed to be successful:

• wooden mixing spoon
• loaf pan
• mixing bowl
• measuring cup

Easy Homemade Sourdough Bread Loaf Ingredients:

• 3 cups of all purpose flour + 1 to 2 tablespoons (if it is too sticky)
• 1 cup unbleached bread flour
• 450g water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 cup sourdough starter

How to make a Homemade Sourdough Bread Loaf

Start with an active sourdough starter. Use the starter after It has peaked (In about 4 to 8 hours depending on time of year).

Gather all your ingredients together. I like to put everything in bowls and little ramekins so, that I’m not scrambling around the kitchen to find what I need. We’ve all had those days!

Combine the sourdough starter, olive oil, and half the amount of water into a bowl. It will not be fully mixed in but, don’t worry about that.

Next, add the bread flour and combine. Pour in the rest of the water and along with the kosher salt. Then, add in the all-purpose flour and mix until there aren’t any big clumps of flour left.

Cover the dough with damp towel or plastic wrap in order to let it rest for 30-60 minutes. I did it for 45 minutes because, why not.

Now it’s time to do some folds.

• Perform 1 fold every 30 mins for a total of 3 folds
• Then perform 1 fold every 45 minutes for a total of 2 folds

Put the dough in a oiled pyrex glass. Make sure you roll the dough around in the dough so that It coated. Allow it to sit for 6 to 10 hours until it doubles in size.

Coat a loaf pan with butter so that the bread doesn’t stick.

Fold the dough in half on one side then, the other side (like a pamphlet). Then fold the ends underneath the dough and transfer to the buttered loaf pan.

Let the dough raised until its a little bit away from the rim of the loaf pan. This can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours depending on the strength of your sourdough starter.

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