It’s time for another bread baking
challenge. The August Kitchen of the
Month is Cathy of Bread Experience.
Cathy shared a recipe for a sourdough version of Sunshine Bread.
The first step is making a starter the
night before, using either traditional yeast or a method with sourdough
starter. I chose to use the yeast
version, although I did add some of my starter to the dough during the final
mixing. (My issue with the sourdough
version is that it only uses one tablespoon of starter. One tablespoon? That hardly makes a dent, so it’s not worth
it in my opinion. A half- to one-cup’s
worth of starter would be more like it.)
I really do try to remember to take
photos, but I get so caught up in the process that I usually forget. You can see that the dough rose just fine for
the first proof. I like using the marked
containers, because they take the guess-work out of determining if the dough
has doubled or not.
Next, I did all the rolling and
shaping and assembling. (Forgot that
photo op.)
The bread came out of the oven looking
like an octopus. Not sunshine. A friend, looking at the photo, thought the
same thing, so Octopus Bread it is. It
was really tough and chewy, just like a real octopus.
If you would like to be a Buddy Baker,
check Cathy’s website for the recipe and the instructions.
Meanwhile, you can stop by the other
Babe’s blogs and see how theirs turned out.
Good luck!
- Blog from OUR Kitchen – Elizabeth
- A Messy Kitchen – Kelly
- My Diverse Kitchen – Aparna (Kitchen of the Month)
- Bread Experience - Cathy
- Thyme for Cooking - Katie
- My Kitchen in Half Cups - Tanna
- Feeding My Enthusiasms - Elle
