The BEST Sourdough Sandwich Bread

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Sourdough bread is both delicious and nutritious! This recipe uses sourdough starter to make an easy sandwich bread that you can use every day.

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Sourdough breads

In 2020, I joined the sourdough bandwagon and created my own starter. His name is Emilio Yeastervez. Emilio and I have been through many ups and downs when trying sourdough recipes and I made some stinkers that even my pups wouldn’t eat!

Finally, I perfected a delicious sourdough artisanal bread, but it does take time to make. I wanted to find a sourdough bread that would be great for every day. Sometimes we just need a bread that we can toast, slap some homegrown tomatoes on, or serve alongside a fabulous dinner.

The problem with most sourdough sandwich breads that I have tried are either flat and dense or dry and the problem with an artisanal bread is that is takes so long to make. The goal was to find something in between the two problems to get a great solution.

Before entering the sourdough world, I used a delicious and healthy everyday sandwich bread recipe that calls for yeast. This recipe uses wholesome ingredients and bakes up beautifully every time. Making your own bread is so much healthier than any store-bought version and I find that making bread is not labor intense but actually very relaxing. I liken it to the adult version of playdough.

A healthy sandwich bread

One day while getting ready to make some regular yeast bread I had an AHA! moment and added some sourdough to the recipe to see what would happen. The bread turned out……..fabulous! From that moment forward this was going to be my everyday sandwich bread recipe.

Simple healthy ingredients

This bread recipe calls for bread flour. I always use unbleached flour, and sometimes I swap two cups of the recipe flour with whole wheat flour (I use whole wheat pastry flour for a finer texture). Other ingredients include honey, coconut oil, and eggs. Of course, the star of the show is sourdough! I have a dry sourdough starter and the morning I plan to make bread, I pull the dry starter out and make a levain. If you have a regular starter, make sure it is fed and active.

Equipment Needed

• Stand mixer with attachments
• Measuring cups/spoons

Ingredients

• 1 cup active sourdough starter
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup coconut oil, melted
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 2 cups warm water
• 6 1/2 cups bread flour

Timeline for Making Sourdough Sandwich Bread

The morning of making your bread, feed your sourdough starter so it is active a bubbly. In the afternoon, mix all the ingredients in a stand mixer on low speed for about 10 minutes or until well incorporated and forms a dough ball. Cover the bowl and allow to rest for 10 minutes.

Stretch and Fold

Perform 2-3 stretch-and-folds on the dough at 15 minute intervals. Cover bowl again and allow the dough to rise until double in size, about 8 hours or overnight (depending on your kitchen temperature). If you don’t like leaving an egg dough out overnight, cover the bowl tightly and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Shape the Dough

Dump the risen dough out onto a floured surface and divide into two equal pieces. Flatten each out into a rectangular shape and fold dough onto itself. Shape the dough into a loaf and place into a well greased loaf pan.

Second Rise

Cover dough loaves and allow to rise until dough peaks over the loaf tin, about 2-4 hours (depending on kitchen temperature).

Bake Your Sourdough Sandwich Bread

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake loaves for 30-35 minutes or until top is golden brown and loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from oven and loaf pan, and allow to cool completely on wire rack.

Slice and Enjoy!

Sourdough sandwich bread is best enjoyed with your favorite lunch meats and cheeses. Toast your sandwich bread for a delicious addition to eggs and bacon. Sourdough sandwich bread holds up perfectly for grilled paninis and makes excellent French toast! Cube up leftover bread and bake for deliciously fresh and tasty croutons. I hope you enjoy this delicious sourdough sandwich bread! As always, thanks for stopping by!