My Favorite Sourdough Bread

The sourdough bread baking process can be boiled down into 7 Steps:

Step 1 – FEED STARTER – 4-12hrs

• Feed your sourdough starter and use when it’s at peak –basically when it can no longer rise and it starts to crater a little

Step 2 – MIXING – 5-15 min

• In a bowl, mix ingredients together thoroughly until there are no dry clumps

Step 3 – FOLDING – 30 sec. x 2-4 times over the course of 5hrs

• Fold your dough at least 2-4 times in 5 hours, can be spaced out however long you want

Step 4 – SHAPING – 1 min

• After 5hrs, your sourdough dough should’ve risen 1.5x its size and should hold its shape after folding. 
• Shape your sourdough dough, place into your proofing basket, and cover your dough 

Step 5 – PROOFING

• Option 1 – 8-10hrs – Cold proof your dough in your fridge at 36F (ideal, preferred)
• Option 2 – 1-2hrs – Proof your dough at room temp (70F) 

Step 6 – SCORING – 1 min

• Preheat your Dutch Oven in your oven at 485-500F,
• take our your dough out from the fridge,
• flip it onto parchment paper and score it

Step 7 – BAKING – 20 min + 20 min

• Immediately bake in a Dutch Oven with the lid on for 20 min at 485-500F;
• then bake for another 20 min with the Dutch Oven lid off
• wait 1-2hrs before cutting into it
• enjoy!  Post pics in the comments, please!