Wheat Flour Sourdough Bread
Description
Baking is simple and quick. Making wheat bread with a starter is very easy. Follow the step-by-step recommendations and bake fragrant bread at home without any bread machine.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Pour water into a container for kneading the dough, then dissolve the sugar and yeast.
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Step 3
Add 3 tbsp of flour from the total amount.
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Step 4
Stir, cover with a napkin, and leave for 30 minutes to activate the yeast.
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Step 5
After 30 minutes, the starter is ready, and you can knead the dough for bread with the starter.
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Step 6
Add the salt and the remaining flour to the starter.
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Step 7
Knead the dough, cover it again with a napkin, and leave it to rise for 1.5–2 hours.
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Step 8
About two hours have passed, the dough has risen well in volume, and the bread can be shaped now.
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Step 9
Dust the work surface of the table with flour. Place one side of the dough in the flour; do not dip the other side in flour.
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Step 10
Bring the edges of the dough toward the center, as if tying them into a "little knot".
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Step 11
Turn the dough seam-side down, tuck it into a ball, place it on a baking sheet, and let it proof for 40–45 minutes. Before baking, make a slash with a sharp knife. Preheat the oven to 250°C, bake for 10 minutes at this temperature, then lower the temperature to 180°C and bake for another 40 minutes.
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Step 12
Cool the finished bread on a wire rack.
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Step 13
The bread turned out fine-crumbed, with a fragrant, crispy crust, very tasty.