Sour-Don't

Here is the sourdough Alex and I made with our sourdough starter.  Isn't it cute?  And it looks like a nice crusty sourdough round.  That is where the similarities stop.  It smells and tastes like a dense french bread.  Not that there is anything wrong with French bread, but that was not what we were aiming for.

For this loaf we...

Ingredients:

• 1 & 1/2 cups of sourdough starter
• 2 cups of bread flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• water if needed

Directions:

• Combine all ingredients, except water, in the bowl of an electric mixer with a dough hook
• Mix until dough is combined and no longer sticking to the bowl.  
• Add water if needed to crate a cohesive dough.  
• Remove from mixer
• Place in lightly greased bowl.
• Set aside to rise/double in size 
• Knead
• Set aside to rise/double in size again 
• Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven for an hour

Now we are eating it all up and I'm contemplating trying to do the starter all over again with a different recipe.