Sourdough bread

 
                              Sourdough Bread
 
 Recipe By     : Kathy Alden
 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Breads & Muffins
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1 1/2  cups          sourdough starter
    3      cups          lukewarm water
    2      tablespoons   sugar
    1      tablespoon    salt
    5      cups          flour
      1/4  cup           melted butter
    1 1/2  cups          whole wheat flour
                         Cornmeal
                         butter
 
 Remove 1 1/2 cup starter (replenish the rest before returning to the fridge.)  
 Add water, sugar, salt, and 2 1/2 cups white flour, mix.  Let stand in a warm p
 lace for 12 to 18 hours.  Stir down and add butter, whole wheat flour, and enou
 gh white flour to make a stiff bread dough.  Knead for 10 minutes.  Place in a 
 clean buttered bowl, cover and let rise 2 hours.  Punch down and shape into 2 r
 ound loaves.  Place on oiled baking sheet, sprinkled with cornmeal.  Let rise 1
  1/2 hours.  Bake 40 - 50 minutes  at 400 degrees until bread sounds hollow whe
 n tapped.
 
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