Breads Machine: Sourdough 01 by Recipe Cottage

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	Sourdough 01

		Bread-Machine Sourdough 1/2 cup sourdough starter 1 cup water 3 cups bread flour 1.5-2 Tbsp nonfat dry milk powder 1 tsp salt 2 Tbsp sugar 1 Tbsp butter/margarine 1 to 1.5 tsp yeast Add the starter, water, and 1 to 1.5 cups of the flour to the bread machine. Start the bread machine ("dough" setting on machines that have it) and let it mix the starter with the flour and water. It should make a thick batter. This is the "sponge" - the objective is to let the starter get a head start. Once the sponge is well mixed, stop the machine. Add the butter to the sponge, cut up into small pieces. You can leave this out if you wish, but it will rise better if there is a little fat present (this is less than 1 gram fat per slice, BTW). Mix the salt, sugar, and milk powder with the remaining flour, and add it to the machine, trying to completely cover the top of the sponge and mound it in the center, if possible (not as important in machines with a separate yeast dispenser). If your machine doesn't have a dispenser, make a little "well" in the mound and put the yeast there, trying to keep it dry - if you do have a dispenser, add the yeast normally. Turn the machine back on. Since you want to give the sponge a few hours to work, use a delay setting. I just set it for 10 hours, but this isn't too critical - "overnight" is a good rule of thumb. The longer you give it, the more sour it should be (and the less extra yeast you will need).