I’ve been too intimidated by sourdough for years, and was recently gifted a starter. Holy moly!! Look at this loaf! I’m very proud of myself for just first try. Here’s what I did:

150g peak starter
350g lukewarm water
500g bread flour
8g kosher salt

  1. I whisked my starter and warm water together until frothy.
  2. Combined the flour and salt with my mixture, folded everything in with a spatula until I got a shaggy dough. I scraped the sides of the bowl to get all of the dough together. Covered with damp tea towel and let sit on the counter for one hour.
  3. Wet hands, first stretch & folds. Cover, rest for 30 min
  4. Wet hands, second stretch and fold. Cover, rest for 30 min.
  5. Wet hands, third stretch and fold. I did a coil fold. Cover, rest for 30 min
  6. Wet hands, fourth and last stretch and fold. Another coil fold. I rolled mine into a ball in the bowl. Cover and bulk ferment for 2-4 hours, or until the dough doesn’t stick to your hand anymore and it easily pulls away from the bowl
  7. Lightly flour surface for shaping. Dump dough out. Shape into a rectangle, not too flat. Then trifold. Roll into a tight ball, do some push and pulls. Cover and let rest for 30 min
  8. Final shaping. Lightly flour the surface and dust the dough ball. Loosely flatten into a rectangle again, trifold, and roll it up into a tight ball. More push and pulls
  9. Dust a tea towel with bread flour and place in bowl. Dump your ball into the bowl, stitch your ball and dust with flour. Tuck it in and whisper affirmations to it. Place in fridge overnight.
  10. Next morning: preheat oven to 450 with dutch oven. Take your dough ball out, lightly kiss it and say good morning. Say “You can do this!!!!” Place on parchment paper, dust a bit more flour on top, score it. I used a serrated bread knife to score mine.
  11. Place in preheated dutch oven. Bake covered for 25 min. Take cover off and bake an additional 20 min. Marvel at your skills. Let cool on rack for a couple hours.

by SafeSprinkles7

4 Comments

  1. StrictMidnight7126

    Amazing for first loaf. Proud of you!! I think mine was missing the affirmations and that’s why it turned out half this height 😂

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