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Need an EASY sourdough bread recipe? This one is simply: mix, rise, pour, and bake! Sound too good to be true? Keep reading. <\/em><\/p>\n

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This post may contain affiliate links. Read my <\/em>disclosure policy here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you like this recipe, you\u2019ll love my Sourdough Tips & Recipes<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Welcome to the end of your sourdough dilemmas. If you\u2019ve been trying to get into baking sourdough bread, but you find it too intimidating, I\u2019m going to fix all of your problems today. <\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the easiest sourdough bread you will ever bake.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s also one of the most delicious breads you will ever bake. <\/strong><\/p>\n

While I love making a good round sourdough boule<\/a>, and I love sourdough sandwich bread<\/a>, this recipe is the clear winner. It is delicious, cheap (4 ingredients!), easy to make, and it takes minimal mental energy \u2013 which let\u2019s be honest, the mental energy is the most challenging part of learning how to bake sourdough bread. <\/p>\n

How to Make Your Own Sourdough<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Anyone who has ever tried making their own sourdough starter has asked these questions:<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it supposed to look this runny?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAre there enough bubbles?\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAm I going to make sourdough bread or give everyone food poisoning? Why is the liquid on the top black?! <\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot of new information and a completely new way of baking bread.<\/p>\n

If you are starting to make sourdough bread, the best sourdough advice I can give you is here.<\/p>\n

My friend Wardee shares A LOT of information (and videos!) about healthy sourdough. Here are some of her tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I demonstrated how I feed my sourdough starter\u00a0LIVE\u00a0on Instagram and Facebook here:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most importantly: <\/strong>Give yourself grace, keep trying, and you will succeed. Like any new skill, you will get better and better until making sourdough bread is second nature.<\/p>\n

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Easy Sourdough Bread<\/strong> Recipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When you first start baking sourdough, you need an easy win. You need something that will show you that you CAN make sourdough, <\/strong>and you can do it without a complicated recipe that uses techniques you\u2019ve never tried and equipment you\u2019ve never bought \u2013 a banneton, bread lame,<\/a> dutch oven,<\/a> a bench scraper<\/a>? When did benches get involved?<\/p>\n

This bread recipe is a simple process that is so easy and delicious that I still use it all the time at my house \u2013 even though I have a banneton and bench scraper<\/a>. It has that signature sourdough tang, a satisfyingly crunchy crust, and requires absolutely no kneading!<\/strong><\/p>\n

No-Knead Easy Sourdough Bread<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No-knead bread is really important to me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had a heavy-duty Kitchen Aid mixer<\/a> for almost 10 years, and it helps me knead bread (although now I know a Bosch would do a better job<\/a>). Personally, I love kneading bread by hand. It\u2019s very satisfying and a good arm workout. But I don\u2019t want to do it everytime I make a loaf of bread.<\/p>\n

Kneading gets old fast \u2013 especially when you have a hungry family who eats a loaf of bread in one lunch\u2019s worth of sandwiches. So this recipe does not require any kneading. In fact, all you have to do is mix the ingredients, let them sit and proof\/rise for a few hours, pour it into a pan, and bake. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Whole-Grain Sourdough Bread<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can make this sourdough bread with white flour, whole wheat, spelt, or a combination of the two. Each type of flour absorbs the water differently, so you will get different results from each one. However, they have been consistent enough for me that I use the same recipe no matter which flour I use. Right now I use a white unbleached flour sourdough starter and a combination of whole wheat and spelt flour for the dough.<\/p>\n

I never measure exactly how much wheat vs. spelt I use. It\u2019s always random, and it turns out great. So don\u2019t worry! Use what you have. <\/p>\n

Flatbread Sourdough Recipe<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The reason this bread is so forgiving and so easy to make is that we aren\u2019t trying to make sandwich bread or a round artisan loaf with leaves carved into the crust. We\u2019re just trying to make something simple that we can serve alongside soup<\/a> or make into sandwiches and don\u2019t have to stress too much if it doesn\u2019t rise properly or we don\u2019t shape it correctly. <\/p>\n

This recipe is similar to flatbread, or Focaccia, so you can bake it, then slice the bread in half crosswise and fill it with sandwich stuff. Or cut it into rectangles and serve it with soup or pasta or roast and veggies. <\/p>\n

Or do what we animals do at the Jenkins\u2019 house \u2013 rip it apart with our hands and eat it plain. <\/p>\n

Do what makes you happy: because the fact you just baked delicious sourdough bread with just a few minutes of your time should make you very happy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What You Need to Make Sourdough Bread<\/strong> <\/h2>\n

I hope you can tell from my rant about bread lames and bench scrapers that I don\u2019t think you need a lot of special equipment to make good bread.<\/p>\n

There is one piece of equipment, however, that makes all the difference. I resisted buying it<\/a> for years, but when I finally did, my sourdough bread went from, \u201cUgh, why can\u2019t I get it to just turn out right?\u201d to \u201cNot to brag or anything, but this is the best bread on the planet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a food scale.<\/a><\/p>\n

Using a food scale<\/a> not only helps you take really good care of your starter (so you can feed it equal amounts of water and flour), but it frees you to accurately weigh the liquids and flours in your bread recipes \u2013 which makes bread-baking easier (no more checking for the right texture as you stir) and makes it turn out better. <\/p>\n

And this coming from someone who prefers to eye-ball rather than measure ingredients. Using a food scale is far easier than using measuring cups.<\/p>\n

You can still make very decent bread without a food scale<\/a>. I\u2019m just saying it\u2019s a lot easier with a food scale. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Easy<\/strong> Homemade Sourdough<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When making easy sourdough bread, I use 1000 grams (about 10 cups) of any combination of flours: whole wheat, spelt, white, etc. Then I add 800 grams (about 3 1\/3 cups) of room temperature water, 150 grams (about 3\/4 cup) of sourdough starter, and 20 grams (about 2 1\/2 teaspoons) of salt. I use this combination to make all kinds of sourdough \u2013 flatbreads, sandwich loaves, artisan rounds<\/a>, and this past week, I used it to make sourdough beignets<\/a>. <\/strong>It\u2019s a good, versatile dough. The only difference between all those recipes is what I do with the dough. How long do I let it proof? Do I add all of the ingredients at once or let the dough rest in between each ingredient? It sounds strange, but these things make all the difference. My favorite part of this recipe is that I only need to know these ingredients in order to make a huge variety of baked goods. <\/p>\n

For now, this is the easiest bread you can make, and I love it so much (both for its ease and its taste) that I make it more than any other bread recipe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This Easy Sourdough Bread Recipe is: <\/strong><\/h2>\n