After years of watching sourdough videos, reading recipes, and lurking this sub – I finally tried my hand at making my first loaf. I have a lot to learn and work on but I’m SO proud of how it came out for my first try. I was gifted an established starter by a coworker since I was impatient. I’m still working on getting my baby starter to grow but I’m excited I get to try out baking while my starter is coming alive.
My home sits at around 68° and I had a busy schedule this last weekend. My starter was ready around 7:30 pm so I played around with a few recipes and tried out the following so I wasn’t up all night:
10g starter
362g water
500g flour
12g salt
I mixed all ingredients for ~5 mins
Covered dough and let sit for an hour
Stretch and fold every 30 minutes x4
Bulk ferment on counter overnight
Shape in morning
Cold proof in fridge while I ran errands for ~5-6 hours
Bake in preheated Dutch oven at 500 covered for 35 mins, drop temp to 425 and bake uncovered for the last 10.
Cool on rack for at least 2 hours before slicing
by idkdiklol
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Beautiful!
It’s perfect!!
Nice 👍
For a 1st time, well flipping done OP 😄👏
This is where experimenting with different ratio levels ( like stater, hydration, etc..) can be an interesting learning experience; which can also be it’s own reward when you tailor a recipe to fit your desires 😋
Either way awesome work! 😎
GTFOH (in the best way).
Did you make your own starter? 10g is not much compared to recipes I’ve seen. Looks great!
Looks great! Only 10g of starter? Is that a typo and s/b 100?
Also 45 total mins in the DO might be why you had bottom of loaf issues. Try shorter time covered (10-15) and you should be done by 32-35 min mark at those temps.
Was it all bread flour?
To me, this looks like perfection.
**EDIT**
50g starter NOT 10g – I did 10% of flour weight. That’s what I get for posting while at work 🙂
362g water
500g flour
12g salt
I mixed all ingredients for ~5 mins
Covered dough and let sit for an hour
Stretch and fold every 30 minutes x4
Bulk ferment on counter overnight
Shape in morning
Cold proof in fridge while I ran errands for ~5-6 hours
Bake in preheated Dutch oven at 500 covered for 35 mins, drop temp to 425 and bake uncovered for the last 10.
Cool on rack for at least 2 hours before slicing
Gorgeous 😍
Gorgeous! 🤩