The Doctor's Sourdough Bread

* Exported from MasterCook *

THE DOCTOR'S SOURDOUGH BREAD

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Serving Size : 18 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup Sourdough Starter
2 cups Warm Water
2 cups Warm Milk
1 tablespoon Butter
1 package Active Dry Yeast
1/4 cup Honey
7 cups Unbleached Flour
1/4 cup Wheat Germ
2 tablespoons Sugar
2 teaspoons Salt
2 teaspoons 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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