Best Honey Sourdough Recipes

HONEY WHEAT SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the butter, honey, molasses, Sourdough Starter, wheat germ, sugar, baking soda, salt, whole wheat flour and 2 cups all-purpose flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Shape into loaves. Place in 2 greased 8x4-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. , Brush with oil. Bake at 375° until browned, 25-30 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool.

HONEY WHEAT SOURDOUGH BREAD WITH QUINOA

Steps:

• Bring 1 cup water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Whisk sourdough starter, milk, honey, olive oil, yeast, and salt together in a large bowl. Add cooked quinoa and mix until incorporated. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition to form long strands of gluten.
• Knead dough for 10 minutes, adding more flour as needed to make dough workable. Set bowl on the counter, cover with a cloth, and let rise until doubled in size, 2 to 4 hours.
• Punch dough down, shape into 2 loaves, and place into well greased and floured baking pans. Wet tops of loaves slightly and press oats into the surface. Cover with a cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, 2 to 4 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until loaves sound hollow when you tap on the surface, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit in pans for 5 to 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

HONEY SOURDOUGH

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select basic white cycle; press Start. Add water or flour 1 tablespoon at a time, if needed, to obtain a smooth dough ball.

SOURDOUGH HONEY WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water.
• Mix yeast, starter, honey, salt and shortening with 3 cups flour.
• Add more flour as needed to make a stiff dough.
• Knead 150 strokes on a floured surface and place in a greased bowl.
• Cover and let rise 1 to 1 1/2 hours until doubled in size.
• Punch down, let double again.
• Punch down and roll into tight loaf.
• Grease and place in bread pan.
• Let double in pan and bake at 400 degrees F. for 35 to 40 minutes or until very dark golden brown, and it sounds hollow when thumped.

HONEY WHEY SOURDOUGH BREAD WITH SPROUTED SPELT

Steps:

• Mixing and Bulk Fermentation
• Warm your whey or milk up from refrigerator temperature to about 80F. I didn't scald the milk and had no trouble with fermentation, although the milk dough was a little slower to ferment than the whey dough. (The whey had been brought up to 180F during the yogurt making.)
• Mix together all of the ingredients in a bowl. Cover and let rest 20-30 minutes.
• Perform 2-3 rounds of coil folding over the next 1-2 hours. The method shown in this video (on a wet dough) works well for stiff doughs like this one.
• When the dough has doubled, refrigerate it for 2-6 hours. It will continue to expand a bit in the refrigerator, especially during the first couple of hours. I do this because I prefer to braid with cool dough.
• Shaping and Braiding
• Prepare a baking sheet by greasing it or lining it with parchment paper.
• Remove the dough from the refrigerator and scrape it out onto a lightly floured counter.
• De-gas the dough and divide it in four pieces. Roll the pieces into four strands, 12-15 inches long each. Here is a quick video you can follow to see how to braid the four strands. Other shapes and numbers of strands are fine, too, and you can even bake the bread without braiding in a large loaf pan.
• Final Proof
• Transfer your braided dough to the baking sheet and cover the dough with a plastic bag. I partially tear open a grocery bag to have a cover that poofs over the dough and does not stick to it.
• For an extra shiny final bread, brush the dough with a lightly beaten egg at the beginning and end of the final proof. The dough in the recipe photo was only egg-washed just before baking.
• Let the dough proof at room temperature for 1-2 hours. I prefer to not retard the dough because it is difficult to cover effectively; either some part of the braid gets exposed and dries out during the long cold proof, or the plastic cover sticks to the dough and tears it upon removal.
• Baking
• Preheat your oven to 350F.
• Bake the bread for 40 minutes or until the interior temperature is over 190F. Rotate the baking sheet halfway through the bake if you have a hotter area in your oven.
• Cool on a rack at least 20 minutes before serving.
• Storage
• This bread lasts for about 6 days on my counter wrapped in plastic before the edges start to harden. Bee's wrap results in hardening a little sooner but is also a good option. Make sure the bread is completely cool before you wrap it because condensation can contribute to molding.

SOURDOUGH GOLDEN HONEY BREAD

Steps:

• Heat milk and butter or margarine in a small saucepan, until just melted stir in honey and cool to lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in warm water let set until foamy, 5 to 10 minutes. In a large bowl, combine milk mixture, yeast mixture, starter, whole wheat flour and wheat germ stir to blend well. In a small bowl, blend sugar, salt and baking soda until no lumps reman sprinkle over dough and stir in gently. Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until light and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Stir dough and add all-purpose flour to form a stiff dough. On a well-floured surface, knead until smooth and elastic. Place in a greased bowl turn dough to coat surface. Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until almost doubled, about 1 hour. Divide, shape into loaves and place into two well-greased 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 -inch loaf pans. Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, until doubled, about 45 to 60 minutes. Bake in a preheated 400° F oven for 20 minutes reduce temperature to 325° F and continue to bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until loaves are golden and sound hollow when tapped. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks.