Now that I have a working sourdough starter, I want to do a lot with it. I decided to try using it with the ABi5 dough. Of course I made this a while ago, and I don't remember exactly how much starter I used. I know that I calculated everything by weight - the recipe is given in cups, but they include how much flour usually weighs and I calculated the weight based on that. And I took the amount of sourdough starter I used and subtracted half of that from each the water and flour weight totals. I used the whole wheat starter and the equivalent of 1 cup of rye flour, the rest was AP unbleached. Of course I meant to make several loaves from the bucket of dough, but only managed to use it once. I now have it sitting in my fridge and really should dump it out.
The dough was really hard to work with! I don't know if I didn't measure right, but it was extremely liquid-y. To the point where when I grabbed a handful to make a loaf, half of it stuck to my hands and any surface I put the dough on. The loaf also didn't rise very much in the oven. But I have to say, the flavor was pretty good. I was busy so I sliced and froze the whole loaf right away, and I've only had a few slices from it. I'll have to try it again once I have more time. I am borrowing the book from the library, and I'm probably going to buy it soon.
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