The Doctor's Sourdough Bread

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Title: THE DOCTOR'S SOURDOUGH BREAD
Categories: Breads
Yield: 18 servings

1 c Sourdough Starter
2 c Warm Water
2 c Warm Milk
1 tb Butter
1 pk Active Dry Yeast
1/4 c Honey
7 c Unbleached Flour
1/4 c Wheat Germ
2 tb Sugar
2 ts Salt
2 ts Baking Soda

Mix the starter and 2 1/2 Cups of the flour and all
the water the night before you want to bake. Let stand
in warm place overnight. Next morning mix in the
butter with warm milk and stir in yeast until until
dissolved. Add honey and when thoroughly mixed, add 2
more cups of flour, and stir in the wheat germ.
Sprinkle sugar, salt, and baking soda over the
mixture. Gentlypress into dough and mix lightly.
Allow to stand from 30 to 50 minutes until mixture is
bubbly. Add enough flour until the dough cleans the
sides of the bowl. Then place the dough on a lightly
floured board and kead 100 times or until silky
mixture is developed. Form into 4 1-lb loaves, place
in well-greased loaf pans 9 x 3 size. Let rise until
double, about 2 to 3 hours in a warm room.
Then bake in hot oven, 400 degrees F, for 20 minutes.
Reduce oven temp. to 325 degrees F. and bake 20
minutes longer or until thoroughly baked. Remove from
pans and place loaves on rack to cool. Butter tops of
loaves to prevent hard crustyness.
Makes 4 1-lb Loaves

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