Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1/2 cup wheat germ
1 cup Natural White flour
1 cup Bronze Chief whole wheat flour
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon molasses
dash iodized salt
2/3 cup skim milk or buttermilk
1 cup sourdough starter (recipe below)
1/2 cup raw sunflower seeds (optional)

**Sourdough starter:
Make sourdough starter by combining 2 cups milk, 2 cups Bronze Chief whole wheat flour,
and 2 1/2 teaspoons of yeast. Let sit for a week and stir occasionally.  Keep in refrigerator
between uses. (After using starter in recipe, replenish with equal amounts of flour and milk.)

Add all ingredients together and mix.  Pour a quarter sized spot of oil onto counter and roll out
dough into a loaf sized...place into a loaf pan.  Allow to rise.  Bake in a preheated 350 degree
oven for 30 minutes.  Makes one loaf.

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