The Ultimate Sourdough Bread Recipe | Easy Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners
Ready to bake your best loaf yet? In this video, I walk you through my go-to sourdough bread recipe—perfect for beginners and seasoned bakers alike! I’ll show you exactly how I make light, crusty, delicious sourdough at home using simple ingredients and a clear method.
Recipe (Per Loaf):
375g Water
100g Active Sourdough Starter
12g Salt
500g Bread Flour
Timeline & Method:
Day 1 (7AM): Feed starter at a 1:1:1 ratio. Let it double in 6–8 hours.
Day 1 (4PM): Mix dough (expect a shaggy mess!) and rest for 30 min.
Perform 3 stretch & folds, 2–3 coil folds every 30 mins.
Day 1 (10–11PM): Place dough in fridge to proof overnight.
Day 2 (4PM): Remove, shape, rest 20–30 min, envelope fold, and cold ferment again for 24 hours.
Day 3 (4PM): Preheat Dutch oven at 500°F. Score & bake covered 25 min, then uncover and bake at 450°F for 23–25 min.
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More Sourdough Recipes You’ll Love:
Starter Guide: https://youtu.be/QR9Wg6K9ur0?si=Six5AD4kaouN1wvK
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24 Comments
AMAZING VIDEO ….THANK YOU
Thank you very much Sonya! I took away some great techniques from your video! I've been working on sourdough for about a year since I retired but I am still not 100% satisfied.
I think the things I learned here will equal a big improvement for my bread!
I will probably watch your video several more times but I am so excited to try it! ❤
Your kitchen must smell divine! While this isn’t something I’d ever dare try to do, I enjoyed watching your skillful approach!
I want to try it but it looks difficult to do! You have great recipes. I enjoy watching you cook different foods. Your a great cook.
Beautiful! You make it look so easy. I could never do that
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Thank you for going through the steps so clearly!
They can say that. However, if I don’t get into bread while it’s hot I’ll be lucky to get any. Seriously, as soon as my husband spots bread that I’ve made, he will sit there and eat a whole loaf in one sitting. And no, hiding the bread from him doesn’t work, he just sniffs it out.
Ok this is crazy. Last night I had a dream I learned to make sourdough. Today I see this video…..😮
I hope I don't lose this video. 🤞🏻Have to start from scratch with a Starter.
You are a Rockstar
"OH MY GOD!" Con esos panes puedo alimentar a todo un pueblo.
🎉If a sourdough starter could be happy, yours surely looks happy!❤
Bread making is an artform and you make it look so easy ❤😂
Gorgeous! I’m salivating 🍞🥐🥖
Thanks for showing us how to do it❣️
Hello. Have been making sourdough now for a month and I cannot get it to rise like your beautiful loaves. Wanting to know what flour do you use? And do you use fan forced oven temp?
Sonya, this is perfect, I make a big batch of dough once a week that stays in the refridgerator and use from it up to 3 x per week, it always works well. Sourdough bread is simply the best and homemade I know exactly what is in there. Thank you so much.
🎗♥✡🕎 Praying for the hostages, wish I could bring them something to eat and drink and take away pain and desperation.
oh wow your breads are just amazing! I love how you exlained everything in detail from start to finsh and I appreciate that. I have never made a sourdough loaf, I have never been successful with sourough starter as mine never work out. Do you have a video on how to make a sourdough starter or will you be interested in making one if you havent? Thank you
Hi Sonya, what a lovely video, I think it really comes in handy. Thank you so much. ❤
I was just wondering, how do you use the sourdough (meat/milk)? I saw you use two ovens and different colored pots, is one milky and one meaty or are they considered still parve and you can use them interchangeably? Do you use the Dutch ovens only for bread?
Hi,
So I am making your sourdough recipe for a long time now, what is different from the previous video is that you proved the dough in the fridge , last time it was on the counter overnight. What is best??? The bread looks amazing
Really ♥♥…I will try…Thank you♥
Even if I never make sourdough, just watching you make these beautiful loaves is enough, Sonya. Thank you!
Can I ask…what type of flour do you use for your starter, is it white or whole wheat? Many thanks