Ready to give sourdough sandwich bread a go? Here’s the easiest way to make sourdough sandwich bread!

Making sourdough bread can be difficult. I’m here to simplify the process and make it attainable and sustainable for you. If you are new to sourdough, I recommend making a sourdough sandwich bread as your first recipe. Why? Because it is the simplest recipe so the learning curve isn’t as steep.

When I started my sourdough journey, I did so much research. I read so many posts and everyone had their own opinion as to how to make sourdough. Honestly, my head was spinning with all the information. 

It was so overwhelming with all the terms and baking schedule, etc. Surely, breadmaking isn’t this complicated!

If you’re feeling this too, let me encourage you to keep it simple. You don’t have to make a fancy loaf the first time. A simple sourdough sandwich bread recipe like this one is all you need to get started.

Here are a few tips to help you successfully make a sourdough sandwich bread…

Tips

• Use a mixer to knead the dough. Kneading dough takes a long time and can be hard on your wrists. If you don’t have a stand mixer, opt for the stretch and fold method. Also, a bread machine is an affordable option for a mixer. 
• Plan. Make sure you time your recipe around your schedule accordingly so that you don’t underferment or overferment the dough. 
• Use plastic wrap or a lid to cover the dough while it rises. This will prevent it hardening or forming a skin on the top. 
• Flour or oil your hands while shaping the dough. This will keep it from sticking to your hands. 
• Use parchment paper to keep the loaf from sticking to the pan. This is the easiest way to prevent the loaf from sticking. Also, you can wet the parchment paper to make it easier to handle and fit into the pan. 

What you’ll need:

• Bread pan or loaf pan
• Scale or measuring cups
• Mixer – I use this bread machine.
• Parchment paper
• Plastic wrap

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Ingredients

• Flour – I use fresh milled hard red wheat, but before I started milling my own flour I used the Arrowhead brand from Walmart. King Arthur is another good brand. Mostly, what your looking for is an unbleached flour. 
• Water – For best results, use filtered water. Unfiltered water from the tap has chemicals in it that can interfere with the yeast in your starter and your bread dough may not rise. 
• Sourdough Starter – I use mine straight from the fridge. 
• Olive Oil or Butter – Any fat will do. I like a single origin olive oil, but I have used butter and coconut oil, too.
• Salt
• Honey (optional) – This isn’t necessary, but yeast likes sugar. Giving it a little sugar to feed off makes it a little more happier and can help speed up the rising time or bulk ferment. 

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