California Farm Soft Crust and Hard Crust Sourdough Bread

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Water, flour, sourdough starter and a pinch of salt, the classic way to bake bread. We bake four french rolls of sourdough bread a week, either white sourdough bread or wheat sourdough bread.
I make the dough and replace the sour dough starter Sundays. Depending on the time of year, it takes the dough a few hours or overnight to rise, I bake the bread when dough is ready on Monday morning for breakfast. Eat half a roll, freeze the rest.

California Farm Soft Crust and Hard Crust Sourdough Bread

Water, flour, sourdough starter and a pinch of salt, the classic way to bake bread. We bake four french rolls of sourdough bread a week, either white sourdough bread or wheat sourdough bread.
I make the dough and replace the sour dough starter Sundays. Depending on the time of year, it takes the dough a few hours or overnight to rise, I bake the bread when dough is ready on Monday morning for breakfast. Eat half a roll, freeze the rest.

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Ingredients

Dough rise till doubled, bake 30 minutes
2 people, one week
  1. For large baguettes:
  2. 4 cupswhite bread flour, or 2 cups white bread flour plus 2 cups spelt wheat flour
  3. 400 mlwarm water112F degrees
  4. 1 Cupwhite sourdough starter
  5. Cupwater, cup of flour and thumbnail ripe banana to replenish the sourdough starter
  6. Tspsalt
  7. Tspsugar
  8. For small baguettes:
  9. 3 cupswhite bread flour
  10. 1 cupsour dough starter
  11. 300 mlluke warm water, 112F degrees
  12. 1/2 tspsea salt
  13. Tspsugar
  14. Cupflour to replenish sour dough starter
  15. Handfull of flour on cutting board to prevent dough from sticking
  16. Spray of olive oil on breadforms, or flour dusting
  17. Equipment: dough mixer, 12” double roll bread forms, oven
  18. Cost: flour 30 cents per 10” loaf

Cooking Instructions

Dough rise till doubled, bake 30 minutes
  1. 1

    Mix warm water with sour dough starter, mix 2 minutes, stand 8 minutes. Add white bread flour or spelt wheat flour mixed with white bread flour in bowl. Kneed about 5 minutes. Once well kneeded, add seasalt, mix 5 more minutes. Refill jar of sourdough starter with cup of white bread flour plus 1 Tbs spelt wheat flour, thumbnail ripe banana and warm water, stir till dry flour is dough, set in kitchen sink, lid loose on top till it overflows, rinse outside of jar, put back in fridge.

  2. 2

    Rest dough in wet warm towel covered bread mixer bowl till doubled. Flour dust kitchen work surface, put dough on top, roll into 16” roll for large, 12” roll for small baguettes. Cut in 4 equal pieces, roll each piece to fit the center of the oiled breadform. Put oven baking dish with warm water on bottom of oven.

  3. 3

    For soft crispy crust, Bake 30 minutes at 350 F degrees. Then bake 5 minutes at 450F degrees for color.

  4. 4

    For hard crust, spay loaves with olive oil and bake 5 minutes longer at 450F degrees.

  5. 5

    Cut baguettes in half to freeze. To thaw frozen sour dough bread, put in microwave 88 seconds.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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Julie Rodriguez
Julie Rodriguez @cook_5331615
How do you make the starter for the sourdough??

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