{"id":1771,"date":"2012-09-15T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T14:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:32:00","slug":"sour-dough-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sour-dough-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Sour Dough Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>You must have Sour Dough Starter to complete this recipe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 CU Sour Dough Starter (or half of whatever is in your container &#8211; See Step #5)<\/li>\n<li>1 CU flour (or equal amount to starter)\u2026 more flour later<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 CU water (heated)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 TBL (or 1\/2 package) yeast mixture<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat water to VERY warm to the touch, but not so hot that it is uncomfortable &#8211; about 40 seconds in the microwave.&nbsp;&nbsp; If too hot, add an ice cube.<\/li>\n<li>Mix yeast, sugar and water and let stand 5-10 minutes to activate (or proof)<\/li>\n<li>Mix yeast mixture into Sour Dough Starter and mix well<\/li>\n<li>Add flour to mixture<\/li>\n<li>Split the flour mixture, returning half to the Sour Dough Starter container<\/li>\n<li>Add flour to doughball, and keep adding until ball won&#8217;t absorb any more dry flour.<\/li>\n<li>Knead for 8-10 minutes\u2026 (really!!)&nbsp; Dough should eventually be tough like Play Dough, but more elastic.<\/li>\n<li>Form into a glass bowl (for pizza) or bread pan to raise.<\/li>\n<li>Let loaf rise for one hour<\/li>\n<li>Bake (covered with foil) at 350 degrees for 20 minutes<br \/>\n\u2026<br \/>\nLeave replenished starter on the counter for about five hours, then put it back in the fridger.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Special Steps<\/p>\n<p>If your sour dough starter is running low, just double the items on the Ingredients list, and proceed with the Instructions as normal.<\/p>\n<p>Sour dough from places such like San Francisco have their &#8220;special&#8221; taste because of the molds and yeasts indiginous to that area. If you pay for a Sour Dough Starter, it will have the taste of the area from which it originates initially, but as you halve the starter (each time you use it) the tell-tale taste will diminish each time, until it takes on the characteristics of YOUR region.<\/p>\n<p>Make your own starter. See the recipe for Sour Dough Starter at this site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients You must have Sour Dough Starter to complete this recipe. 1 CU Sour Dough Starter (or half of whatever is in your container &#8211; See Step #5) 1 CU flour (or equal amount to starter)\u2026 more flour later 3\/4 CU water (heated) 1\/2 TBL (or 1\/2 package) yeast mixture 1 tsp sugar Instructions Heat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/sour-dough-bread\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sour Dough Bread&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection","category-sour-dough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1771"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20995,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1771\/revisions\/20995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}