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Sourdough Bread made from scratch
Make homemade sourdough bread from an active starter, with clear mixing, fermentation, shaping and baking steps.
From YouTube · Apr 11, 2026
Make homemade sourdough bread from an active starter, with clear mixing, fermentation, shaping and baking steps.
2 hrs 30 min
Prep time
50 min
Cook time
19 hrs 20 min
Total time
1 loaf, about 12 slices
Yield
Ingredients
6 ingredients- 100g active sourdough starter
- 1.5 cups room temperature water
- 500g bread flour
- 0.5 tbsp salt
- 1 tsp water (for salt mixing)
- flour for dusting
Method
16 steps- Test starter by dropping a spoonful in water; if it floats, it's ready.
- Mix 100g starter with 1.5 cups water.
- Add 500g bread flour and mix until shaggy.
- Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- Add 0.5 tbsp salt and about 1 tsp water; fold into dough.
- Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- Perform stretch and folds every 30 minutes twice.
- Do coil folds and cover; let bulk rise until doubled, about 4 hours.
- Lightly flour surface and fold dough sides over itself to shape.
- Place dough in bowl, cover, reshape after 20 minutes.
- Shape dough again, dust with flour, place in basket, cover.
- Cold ferment in refrigerator for 12 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Sprinkle flour on top and score dough with design.
- Bake covered for 25 minutes, then uncovered for 25 minutes.
- Cool bread on rack for 1 hour before slicing.
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