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Whole Wheat Sourdough Sandwich Bread

Servings 1 Loaf

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups freshly milled whole wheat flour can use store bought whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup AP flour this is optional but helps with the texture
  • 56 g olive oil
  • 8 g salt
  • 113 g active sourdough starter
  • 390-450 g room temp water
  • 21 g honey

Instructions
 

  • Add all the ingredients except the water and flour to a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment. Add only 390g of water to the mixer.
  • Adding one cup at a time, add 4 cups of the whole wheat flour to the mixer making sure to allow the flour to mix in before adding more. If the dough is in the form of a ball or pulling away from the sides, add more water in small amounts at a time. You are looking for a consistency close to thick pancake batter.
  • Knead your dough for about 5-10 minutes. The dough should stick to the dough hook.
  • Scrape the dough mixture into an oiled bowl with a silicone spatula and cover over night or for 12 hours in a warm place.
  • Pour the dough onto a clean, AP flour dusted work surface. Sprinkle a small amount of AP flour onto the dough and lightly knead the dough into itself with a bench scraper just until the surface isn't sticky, sprinkling with more flour as needed.
  • Press out the dough with your hands into a rectangle about 12" by 9" in size and then fold both short ends of the rectangle into itself (in thirds) to form a log shape. Carefully place dough onto a parchment lined (or oiled) bread pan. If your log shape is longer than your pan, you can fold the ends of the dough under itself towards the middle to create a nice clean shaped loaf.
  • Allow the dough to rise for another 1-4 hours in a warm place until it has doubled in size or is just starting to come up out of the pan.
  • Preheat oven to 375 then bake the bread for 40-45 minutes or just until the top has browned.
Keyword bread, sourdough, whole wheat