Bread Machine Sourdough

[barbszy]

1 cup sourdough starter
1/2 cup water
2 1/2 T olive oil
1 tsp salt
3 cups bread flower
2 T sugar
1 T instant yeast

Note: Amount of water will depend on the thickness of your starter.

Process in your bread machine on DOUGH cycle. Remove and shape into loaf. (Mine got so big I could have split it into 2 loaves! Next time I will.) Allow to rise at least 1 hour--I let it go 1 1/4 hours. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.

I tried this recipe yesterday. This is the HUGEST loaf of bread I've ever baked! For the rise I let it go 1 hour 15 minutes and it was over the top of the pan at that point. After a giant oven spring, it is SO big that I will have to cut the slices in half to toast it in the morning. Let's just say it was a good thing I already had lowered the oven rack for some other thing I baked last week. If I hadn't, there would have been a mess for sure.

This bread tasted really good and I'm sure the toast will be fantastic. Here's a picture of my huge loaf.

[Penny]

That looks so good, thanks for the recipe~~!!

[barbszy]

Give it a try, Penny! It was really good.

The next time I made it, I divided the dough into 2 pans. It made 2 nice-size loaves.