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What does the “desert” have to do with baking? Quite a bit here at: “Desert or Dessert”. I have lived 12 years of my adult life in one desert or another and after a little “cool down” in Germany we are about to head back to the desert again. I could easily survive on “dessert” alone but the future nutritionist in me gives me no approval. To keep my hands busy and my oven primed I churn out bread and other baked goods. Becoming a better baker is high on my “to do” list, especially the art of baking bread is dear to my heart. I am a German after all and sourdough runs through my veins. Unfortunately I have a contact allergy to wheat but found that with spelt I have hardly any symptoms. Therefore spelt is the flour I use like others use wheat. I hope you join me on my journey to draw out the baker within me.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

PostHeaderIcon Toastbrot mit Weizensauerteig /Sandwich bread with sourdough

with the leftover 200g sourdough I made a sandwich bread
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Ingredients:

500g Spelt flour (or unbleached AP flour)
200g Sourdough
10g Honey
10g Salt
250g lukewarm milk
50g soft butter (I melted it in the milk and cooled it to lukewarm)

Dissolve the sourdough and sugar in the lukewarm milk (not to warm, you don’t want to harm the sourdough). Add the rest of the ingredients to it and knead about 10 minutes until all is well mixed. Cover the dough and let it rest 30-45 minutes.
Knead the dough again, then either form a loaf or roll the dough out, roll it into a log and cut that log into 4 pieces. Place the loaf or the 4 pieces into a buttered loaf pan, cover  and let it proof 1-2 hours (mine was about 3 hours). You can slice the loaf prior to proofing if you choose to.
Bake the loaf at 200C/400F for about 45 minutes. Remove the pan and place on a cooling rack.
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Very good Sandwich bread. The tangy taste (Sourdough) just keeps asking you for more.

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