Homemade sourdough bread in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 9 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake sourdough bread in the oven? First we need to revive the starter and make a dough. Prepare ingredients for fermentation. The water should be warm.

2. STEP 2

   

   I already have a ready-made starter that I actively use. I have it in my refrigerator. If you store yours the same way, take it out ahead of time to warm it to room temperature. If you don’t have ready-made sourdough, prepare it using another recipe (I give the link below the recipe).

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the starter in a half-liter jar, add warm water, stir.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour the sifted flour into the starter, mix well until smooth. It turns out to be a rather thick mass. Cover the jar loosely with a lid or towel. Place in a moderately warm place to rise. The duration of the process depends on the ambient temperature. The warmer it is, the faster everything happens. But you don’t need to place the container with the starter close to the radiator, wanting to speed up the process. The starter may "cook". The optimal temperature is 25-26C.

5. STEP 5

   

   The starter should increase in volume by 3-3.5 times. It took me 3 hours to do this. Times may vary, please keep this in mind.

6. STEP 6

   

   Now we begin to prepare the dough. Measure the required amount of starter into a convenient container, add water, and mix. I use a whisk for this.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add sifted flour (50 g), mix well until lumps disappear.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cover the container with the dough and leave it until the volume increases 2-2.5 times. Again, the time may vary, from an hour to four. Depends on the activity of your starter.

9. STEP 9

   

   Let's start preparing the bread dough. Prepare all the products for this. You can use other fillers if desired. All products should be at room temperature.

10. STEP 10

    

    Brew the malt with 50 ml of boiling water, let it cool. Dissolve honey in the remaining water (120 ml).

11. STEP 11

    

    After 3 hours, my dough had risen enough.

12. STEP 12

    

    Combine flour with coriander, sift through a sieve.

13. STEP 13

    

    Add salt, honey diluted in water and brewed malt to the suitable dough, mix.

14. STEP 14

    

    Pour bran and half of the sifted flour into the dough and mix.

15. STEP 15

    

    Add vegetable oil, mix again.

16. STEP 16

    

    Add the rest of the flour to the dough and mix thoroughly for at least 5 minutes. The dough is not stiff, but very thick and quite sticky. I stir it with a wooden spoon, but you can do it with your hands.

17. STEP 17

    

    Place the dough in a loaf pan (brush the pan with oil if necessary). Using wet hands, smooth the dough. Cover the top of the dough with a thick towel to prevent it from drying out. Leave the dough in the pan to rise.

18. STEP 18

    

    The dough should increase in volume by 2-2.5 times. It took me 2 hours. How to determine if the dough is ready? If bubbles appear on the surface of the dough, the bread is ready for baking.

19. STEP 19

    

    Before baking, spray the surface of the bread with water from a spray bottle. Sprinkle with flax seed (optional). Bake the bread in an oven preheated to 210C for 15 minutes with steam (place a baking tray with water on the lower level). Then carefully remove the steam. Bake the bread at 190C for another 15-20 minutes. You are guided by your oven! Then I cover the bread with foil and bake it until done. If you want a crispier crust, you can use the foil later.

20. STEP 20

    

    Bake the bread for 45 minutes to 1.5 hours. You can check the readiness of the bread by tapping it with a wooden stick. If the sound is dull, the bread is baked. Sprinkle the finished bread with water and let cool slightly in the pan. Then take it out and wrap it in a towel. Leave until completely cool. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

lenaI

10.11.2023

4.9

I found a video recipe for sourdough bread.

Narita

10.11.2023

4.9

Today on our table is amazing rye sourdough rye bread. I’ve been making sourdough myself for several years now, but I only bought a suitable form yesterday. There are some shortcomings in appearance, of course, I will improve my bread-baking skills so that the bread looks perfect. I added honey - it turned out very tasty! I personally recommend adding 5 grams of salt for every 0.5 kg of dough.

BLUE-EYED

10.11.2023

4.8

Julia, you are so great! It only looks like an easy recipe, but in reality you need to have such patience, an understanding of the dough, the process of making sourdough, baking... Homemade bread is very tasty, but so few housewives take it up

NATUSYA

10.11.2023

5

Thanks for the idea to bake bread! Can I take this leaven? https://bestrecipes24.com/cooking/8089-zakvaska-dlya-bezdrojjevogo-xlebaOr is some other sourdough recipe required?

Alexan

10.11.2023

4.8

I was very disappointed with this recipe. First of all, it's very complicated. 9.5 hours to cook is too much. But I decided to try. I made everything according to the recipe and before putting it in the oven everything went according to the recipe. And then in the oven the bread began to fall off and in the end this happened. Disappointed.