This one is easy. I mean it’s so easy you won’t really even get your hands dirty until it’s time to roll it up for baking. Everything is done in your mixer with a dough hook.

Sourdough Sandwich Bread

Ingredients

• 20 g sugar
• 250 g warm water
• 7 g quick dry yeast
• 100 g sourdough starter
• 500 g bread flour
• 10 g salt
• 60 g room temperature butter

Instructions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, warm water, quick dry yeast, and sourdough starter. Mix together well.
2. Add the bread flour and mix until fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
3. Cover the bowl and let the dough rest for 30 minutes. You are not looking for rise here, just let it rest.
4. Add the salt and room temperature butter. Mix thoroughly until the butter and salt are fully incorporated into the dough. This may take a few minutes. It may look ugly for a little while but give it time and it will come back together.
5. Cover and allow the dough to rise until doubled in size. Depending on how warm or cold it is in your kitchen, this could take up to an hour. I use my oven set to “Proof” which gets up to 90 F.
6. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a rectangle, then roll it up tightly and place it into a greased or oiled bread pan. I prefer the Pullman loaf pan because bread bake great and slides out easy.
   • For smaller pans, divide the dough in half before shaping.
7. Let the dough rise again in the bread pan until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
8. Bake at 350°F for approximately 35 minutes, or until golden brown and fully baked through.
9. Allow the bread to cool one hour before slicing. If you cut it too son it will dry out.

Enjoy soft, flavorful homemade sourdough sandwich bread perfect for toast, sandwiches, or warm with butter.

I realize that the total time requirement for making this seems long and involved, but your total time spent on the bread itself is really minimal. I cut grass, ran into town and back, and ate lunch between rise times. You can too!