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Sourdough Bread #11

Sourdough Bread #11 — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 1.5 tsp Active Dry Yeast
• 1.5 tsp Salt
• 1.5 tsp Granulated Sugar
• 2.5 cup King Arthur Unbleached All Purpose Or Special For Machines Bread Flour

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   Place ingredients into the pan of your machine, in the order listed; program for French Bread, or a similar long-rising cycle; and press Start. This bread won't crown, but will remain flat across the top.

2. 2

   Sourdough may be the oldest of all leavened bread forms. It dates back to at least 4,000 B.C., when favorable microorganisms drifted accidentally into wheat bread made by Egyptians. The dough, probably set aside awhile before baking, didn't rise very much, but it was enough to give it a lighter texture and a better taste. Word of this new bread spread, and curiosity was raised. Soon, adding ferments to bread dough was a common practice. Beer, grape juice, wine, and wheat flour porridge left to "go sour" were leavening regulars in the ancient world. Still, the demanding process of leavening bread made such bread a scarce food well into the Middle Ages.