Finally have consistent results

Don’t mind baby hands 😅 but after a year of making sourdough trying various methods figuring out temperatures and all the other variables that affect sourdough I’ve finally been able to have faith that my bread will turn out.

Recipe!

This makes two loaves

1 cup active starter

3 cups filtered water

7 – 7 1/2 cups bread flour

1tbsp sea salt

Mix starter and water then add bread flour and salt mix until combined. When the dough is shaggy pick it up out of the bowl and start some slap in folds in the bowl. I sometimes plop it on the counter but I typically don’t. Do this until dough starts to become smoother. Place the dough in the bowl and cup your hand directly under the dough and start to kinda slap..? In a way the dough is becoming smoother and more circular it’s called the Rubaud method.

I put my bowl in my oven with the light on and let it rest for 30 minutes before the first set of coil folds.

I preform 4 coil folds every 30 mins for 2 hours placing the bowl in oven while it rests.

After folds it has an average of 1-2 hours rest before it’s ready for shaping.

I shape place in a bowl (basic cereal bowl with some cling wrap) it goes in the fridge overnight then is baked the next day.

I preheat the oven to 500 f with the Dutch oven. Once it beeps I take it out place dough in with 4-5 ice cubes to create steam lower temp to 450 and bake for 25 mins with the lid on. After 25 mins I take off the lid and let it bake for another 15 mins (could take up to 20) I let it rest for minimum 2 hours then cut it open! ❤️❤️❤️