I get asked often how to rise dough in a cold house during the winter. Simply place your dough on this mat to help your dough rise during the cool winter months. It plugs into the wall and gives off a very small amount of heat (like really small). It’s a 20×10 mat that lays flat on your counter. Let’s get to baking! Is this your first time baking with your starter? Or are you experienced and looking to try new loaves of bread? I would love to hear if you made this simple artisan sourdough bread and how you enjoyed it! Struggling to make sourdough rise in the winter? Cooked in Dutch oven to capture steam, help rise and get that crispy crust. Dusting flour over dough (optional, but makes for a beautiful loaf after you score it) Scoring deeply into dough with bread lame (linked below). Dough shaped into ball then placed seam side up into banneton on flour dusted cheesecloth. Shaping dough, and gently pulling towards me creating a tight ball. Gently stretching the dough upwards to fold over. Sourdough starter mixed into water Starter, water and flour mixture. Here are a few helpful pictures of the bread making process. Give this a try and let me know how you like these simple additions. This addition keeps my bread nice and soft and prevents it from becoming a little dry as it sits on the counter for a few days. To keep my Sourdough Bread moist and soft much longer (if it even lasts that long) I add 1 Tablespoon Avocado Oil and 1 Tablespoon Raw Honey to the water and starter mixture at the beginning of the bread making process. The more you bake and get a feel for how your starter works, you will no longer need to do the float test. It is really just a technique you can use to help you determine if your starter is active enough. This test is not necessary each time you bake. If it sinks, give your starter another feeding and try again in about 4 hours. If it floats, your starter is active and ready to bake with. Remove about a teaspoon of your active starter and place in the cup of water. What’s the float test?įill a small cup full with water. To read more about the benefits of sourdough, click here. If you still need a starter of your own, click here to learn how to make one. The ingredients are simple and it’s easy to make. It’s why I love homemade sourdough and especially this beginner’s sourdough loaf. It’s pretty amazing that this delicious loaf only contains 3 ingredients.
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