I am perhaps too late to enter the contest I intended, but this sourdough bread is just too good not to share!

Hive account@knowledge-seeker had an amazing photography contest this week featuring any and all foods made on the homestead. Please check out some of the entries here. For my entry, I wanted to share a valuable discovery:

Easy, and I mean REALLY easy, homemade, authentic sourdough bread.

I’ve always been disappointed by what I call “fake” sourdough bread recipes, which include about a 1 cup of sourdough and all fresh flour to bake.

I want all of my dough fermented, and broken down for easy digestion, and yeast free. This recipe does just that. It’s so forgiving, you don’t even have to be exact. I haven’t ever measured, and it turns out every time.

Directions

Add the following in a bowl:

1-2 cups of bubbly sourdough starter
1 cup water
1-2 cups of fresh flour, whole wheat or white, your choice
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Mix well. The batter will be like very wet dough, or thick oatmeal, in consistency. Pour into buttered baking dish or bread maker. Let sit for 8 hours or more. It should be wonderfully risen and bubbly to bake. Cook as you would normal bread.