The Best Sourdough Starter Discard Bread Recipe!
Use your sourdough starter discard & instant yeast to create a crusty weeknight loaf in 2.5 hours
Hey there! I’m Hannah and I’m the creator of the Good Book/Good Bread Newsletter! Every two weeks, I also produce a bread baking video on my YouTube channel, 500 Breads. Check out the video for my sourdough starter discard bread below. Let me know your favourite starter discard recipe in the comments!
I love baking sourdough bread. It's such a fun thing to have on the go while I'm spending the day at home. Sometimes however, I just don't have the time for an all-day bread baking process. I wanted to develop a recipe that used sourdough starter discard plus instant yeast to produce a quicker bread that still boasted a sourdough flavour. So, here it is! My Sourdough-Ish Bread Recipe!
This easy bread uses instant yeast, sourdough starter discard, flour, and salt. It comes together in just two-and-a-half hours, and most of that is rising time. This is the bread you can make on a weeknight when you want a crusty loaf of #freshbaked bread on the dinner table, without the sourdough timeline.
Full Sourdough Starter Discard Bread Recipe
Ingredients
2 cups of warm water
2 1/4 tsp instant yeast
1/3 cup of active sourdough starter
4.5 cups all purpose flour 1.5 tsp salt
Instructions
In a medium sized bowl, combine warm water and instant yeast. Let stand for 5-10 minutes until foamy.
Pour yeast mixture into a large mixing bowl. A
dd sourdough starter and break up with your hands or a spatula. In a large bowl, add flour and salt together and whisk.
Add yeast mixture to flour and mix until a shaggy dough forms.
Turn out on a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes, or until the surface of the dough is smooth and springy.
Lightly oil a bowl. Place dough in, and let rise in a warm place for one and a half hours.
Flour a work surface, and tip out dough. Fold each side over itself to form a bowl. Pull against the surface of your counter to create tension on the dough.
Pre-heat oven to 450. Place the shaped loaf in a dutch oven. Score the top of the loaf.
Bake for 20 minutes, and then remove the lid of the dutch oven.
Return to the oven for 10 more minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. Enjoy!