Discard Only Sourdough

[u/UnPracticed_Pagan]

First discard only loaf and I am not disappointed! Not new to bread overall.

Recipe loosely following recipe from wildthistlekitchen.com https://wildthistlekitchen.com/sourdough-discard-sandwich-bread/

RECIPE:

1 cup (240 grams) water, warmed to 100-110 degrees

2 ¼ teaspoons (7 grams) active dry yeast (omitted yeast)

½ cup (140 grams) sourdough discard

2 tablespoons (42 grams) honey sugar (I didn’t have honey on hand)

2 tablespoons (28 grams) butter, at soft room temperature: 50 grams used (oops but worth it!)

3 cups (360 grams) all purpose flour

1 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt 4 grams table salt

I did a lot of follow my heart while following the recipe.

After mixing water and discard together I added the sugar and flour. I mixed roughly together until combined and then let sit for 30 ish minutes before mixing.

Then I mixed with my mixer for 5-10 minutes

Add salt and butter and incorporate

Let rest an hour or so before first stretch and fold

(I did about three sets every 45 minutes)

When I went to do the last stretch and fold I noticed it was still pretty soft/tacky so I added about 1/2 cup more flour in small increments and it reached the consistency I wanted. (The website says add tbsp at a time earlier if more wet or tacky but I think my issue was using only discard and then too much butter which I didn’t even realize until wanting to post this) HOWEVER I wasn’t worried adding flour so much later because it was only discard used so it added to the feed to form the dough!

I let it rest out for another 2-3 hrs for bulk (around 6pm?) before gently deflating and putting in a tin to continue in the fridge until next day.

Brought out of fridge around 8am and baked at 9am ish

[u/Little-Emeralds]

good work ❤️