Bread Loaf Recipe
Ingredients
- 440 grams Flour
- 147 grams Water
- 147 grams Milk
- 75 grams Butter, softened
- 50 grams Honey
- 110 grams Sourdough starter
- 8 grams Salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and hand or using a dough attachment knead all ingredients until they are fully formed into a smooth dough ball. By hand this should take between 15-20 minutes by machine roughly 10-15.
- Let rest for 10-15 minutes then shape into a taught ball. Lightly lube a bread loaf pan (preferably one with a lid) with butter. Place dough in loaf pan & allow to proof at room temp until it rises to the top of the loaf pan.
- Either refrigerate until ready to bake or preheat oven to 425 degrees. Insert a bowl of water into the oven when ready to bake.
- Cover loaf pan & bake for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350 degrees & continue to bake for 15 minutes more.
- Rotate loaf pan 180 degrees & bake 15 minutes more.
- Remove lid & bake another 10 minutes until internal temp reaches 205 degrees.
- Allow bread to rest outside of loaf pan for at least 1 hr before serving.
Notes
Organic Ingredient Sourcing:
Next Step Produce: whole grains and fresh milled flour
Recipe Contributed by Chef Terrence Murphy