Sourdough Apple Almond Raisin Bread Food

SOURDOUGH APPLE ALMOND RAISIN BREAD

Steps:

• Addition Prep
• You can use pre-made apple sauce, or you can peel and core two apples, and then cook and mash the pieces. If using the microwave to cook the apples, simply put small pieces in a glass bowl, cover, and cook until they're soft enough to mash. If using a saucepan, you can cook the apple pieces in the 50g of water listed under Additions, rather than adding that water in later when mixing up the Addition.
• Combine all of the ingredients in the Additions list in a small bowl, and set it aside to cool. The raisins and nuts will soak up some of the liquid.
• Dough Mixing and Bulk Fermentation
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, water, and starter. Note the time and temperature as this is the start of bulk fermentation. Don't add the additions yet.
• Cover and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes, and then stretch and fold the dough, going around the bowl several times until the dough is tighter. Click here to see a video of stretching and folding, as well as other forms of gluten development.
• Cover and let the dough rest another 20-30 minutes, then add the Additions to the dough by folding or laminating them in (see the previous link for a lamination video as well).
• Let the dough ferment until it's puffy and close to doubled. For my dough, this was about 10.5 hours at 71F room temperature.
• Pre-shape, Bench Rest, and Shaping
• Scrape the dough out onto a floured countertop. Sprinkle flour on the top of the dough and press it into a rectangular shape about 3/4 inch thick. Fold the dough in thirds and then in half. (See the gallery below for photos.)
• Cover the dough with an inverted bowl and let it rest about 20 minutes.
• Prepare a tea towel with flour and a layer of bran flakes in a circle or oval, depending on the shape of your baking vessel and final loaf. You can also spray your banneton with oil and coat it with bran flakes, or simply flour your banneton/liner and skip the bran flake coating on the bread crust.
• Flip over your dough and shape it into a boule, batard, or oblong loaf. Shaping videos can be found here.
• Using a bench scraper, flip the shaped dough onto the tea towel (or into your prepped banneton). Then lift the towel and place it into your banneton. The base of the bread should be facing up.
• Final Proof and Baking
• Cover and proof the dough at room temperature for 1-2 hours, or in your refrigerator overnight (8-14 hours).
• Preheat your oven and baking vessel to 500F for 30 minutes.
• Gently flip the dough out of the banneton and into the bottom of your baking vessel or onto parchment paper first for an easier transfer.
• Score the top of the dough, then cover the vessel and return it to the oven.
• Bake at:
• 500F for 20 minutes lid on
• 450F for 10 minutes lid on
• 450F for 10 minutes lid off
• The internal temperature of the bread should be at least 205F when it's done.
• Remove the bread from the oven and let it cool a minimum of 2 hours before cutting.

SOURDOUGH APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the starter, water, olive oil, sugar, salt, flour, potato flour, oats, and yeast. Knead with the dough hook for about two minutes. The dough should be sticky.
• Add the fruit to the mixer and knead for about 6 or 7 minutes.
• Spray a bowl or dough rising bucket with spray oil and add the dough. Let rise for approximately 90 minutes, until a little less than doubled in size.
• Remove the dough and pat it down into a 7 by 12 inch rectangle and roll into a log. Place the log into a lightly greased bread pan. Spray the top of the loaf with spray oil and cover loosely with plastic wrap.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and allow the loaf to rise for 60 to 90 minutes, until the middle is 1 inch above the rim of the bread pan.
• Place the loaf in the oven and bake for 40 t0 45 minutes, until it reaches 190 degrees F in the center. Tent the loaf with foil if it appears to be getting too brown.
• Remove the loaf from the oven, let it cool in the pan for two minutes, and then turn it out onto a cooling rack. Let cool completely.

SOURDOUGH RAISIN WALNUT BREAD (ABM)

Steps:

• Place all ingredients, except raisins and walnuts, into bread machine pan, in order that they are listed. Process on dough setting. When the machine beeps for additions, add the raisins and walnuts (or around 3-5 minutes before the end of the kneading cycle.).
• When cycle is complete, remove dough to lightly floured surface and shape into 2 round loaves (or one large loaf, your choice.).
• Place round loaves on cornmeal coated cookie sheet, cover and let rise until bread has doubled in size. Be patient, sourdough without the addition of commercial yeast can take up to several hours to rise - mine typically takes three hours.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes (30-40 if making one loaf.) Cool on wire rack.
• NOTE: To proof your starter, feed it with equal parts of flour and lukewarm water, then let it sit overnight or up to 12 hours, covered. This is what develops the characteristic sour flavor and the longer the proof, the sourer it will be. If you start with 1 cup of starter and feed it 1 cup each of water and flour, you should have enough to make your bread and save the rest to start your next batch.

APPLE CINNAMON SWIRL SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• Pull about 150g of unfed sourdough starter and place in a large container that has a lid (we use an ice cream pail). *If you are using fed sourdough starter skip to step 7, you will need appoximatly 1300g of fed sourdough for 2 standard loaves of bread.
• Feed starter equal parts by weight (150g) of flour and room temperature water to have approx 450g of starter.
• Place cover on container and let sit in a warm location for 12 hours.
• Feed equal parts by weight flour and temperature water again to have approximately 1350g of starter.
• Place cover on container and let sit in a warm location for 9-12 hours. Starter should be quite bubbly now. At this point remove 50g of starter to live for another loaf , feed equal parts flour and water, then place in the refrigerator in a glass jar with an airtight lid (this is where you get the 150g you start with for the next batch).
• Place the Kitchen-Aid mixer bowl on the scale and tare it. If not using a mixer us another large bowl.
• Add the starter to the mixer bowl, take note of the weight, then tare the scale.
• Add 4 parts flour for every 7 parts starter by weight. Hint: Multiply the starter weight by 0.5714 and that will give you the amount of flour to add.
• Add about 2 TBSP of salt. This doesn't have to be precise but should be close.
• Start mixer on lowest setting then add a small amount of water at a time. If not using a mixer use a wooden spoon or spatula and mix by hand as much as possible. Do this about 5-10 seconds apart and keep adding water little by little until dough comes together.
• Turn mixer up one more speed (2 on our Kitchen-Aid) and let mix about 10 minutes until dough looks smooth. If not using a mixer you will knead it by hand on a clean smooth surface (could take about 20-30 minutes). Dough should be extremely pliable and pass the "window pane" test where a piece of dough can be stretched where light can pass through it without breaking.
• Place a damp bread towel in a large bowl and move the dough to the bowl. Cover the dough with the extra from the towel and place plastic or a cover over it to keep things from drying out.
• Let sit and proof for 3-4 hours in a warm area.
• Grease 2 standard loaf pans with coconut oil and set aside. Prepare apples at this time.
• Remove dough from the bowl and divide in half. Roll and stretch each half out into a 9"x about 24" rectangle. Rub coconut oil between the palms of your hands to warm and on the dough. Sprinkle each with half the cinnamon sugar and diced/chopped apples. Carefully roll and place seam side down in greased loaf pans. *If making one plain you can knead and (shape into a log) the other half of the dough and just place it in the prepared pan.
• Cover pans with damp bread towels and let rise for about 3-4 hours (7 hours total from the time you made the dough) until about double in size.
• 1 hour before baking preheat oven at 400 degrees F. This so the rocks get hot so when they are squirted with water steam is released.
• Just before baking, score top of dough with relief marks using a sharp knife to assist in rising.
• Place pans on the top rack and quickly squirt water on the rocks to generate steam if using and close the door.
• Bake for 35-45 minutes until golden brown.
• Let cool for a minimum of 1 hour before cutting.
• Enjoy!

APPLE ALMOND RAISIN SOURDOUGH BABKA

Steps:

• Dough Mixing & Bulk Fermentation
• In a large bowl, mix together the flours, water, starter, and salt. Knead the dough by hand for a few minutes. If the dough is too wet to knead, add a little more flour.
• Cover and let the dough rest for about 30 minutes, and then stretch and fold the dough, going around the bowl several times until the dough is tighter. Click here to see a video of stretching and folding, as well as other forms of gluten development. You can do more stretching and folding after another 20-30 minute rest, but the dough will likely be quite strong after just one round.
• Let the dough ferment until it's puffy and expanded by about 75%. For my dough, this was about 7.5 hours at 78F room temperature.
• At this point you can chill the dough for several hours or overnight, which may make it easier to shape, or simply proceed to the next step.
• Filling Prep
• Peel and core two apples. Thinly slice one of the apples and set aside for now. Cut the other apple into chunks for the next step.
• Combine all the filling ingredients (minus the apple slices) in a food processor and blend until you have a thick paste.
• Babka Shaping (see the Photo Gallery below)
• Scrape your fermented dough out onto a heavily floured countertop and roll it into a rectangular sheet that's about 3/8" thick.
• Spread the filling on the dough with an offset spatula, and then layer the apple slices on top of the filling.
• Roll the dough into a long tube, and rest the tube on its seam while you lightly grease a loaf pan.
• Reposition the tube so the seam is facing up and centered. With a serrated knife, cut the tube in half, lengthwise and more or less along the seam. (This is so you don't have a loose strip of cut dough.)
• Cross the two strands of dough at their center points, and then twist the strands around one another on both sides of the center.
• Using your hand and a bench knife, scrunch the long twist to be shorter, place it in the loaf pan, and cover.
• Final Proof & Baking
• Let the babka dough proof for 1-2 hours or until it has expanded and is puffier. In a medium USA pan the center of the dough will crest over the edges of the pan.
• Preheat your oven to 350F for at least 15 minutes.
• Load the pan into the oven on the middle rack and bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until the temperature of the center of the dough is over 190F. Cover the dough with a foil tent after about 50 minutes so the top doesn't burn.
• Syrup Drizzle
• In a small saucepan, combine the water, sugar, and rum. Bring to a simmer and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• When the babka is finished baking, remove the loaf pan from the oven and immediately poke holes in the babka with a skewer and then pour the syrup onto it.
• Leave the babka in the pan for about a half hour to absorb the syrup, and then transfer it to a cooling rack.
• Storage
• Once it is completely cool, wrap the babka in plastic or place it in a tightly covered container. The babka can be stored at room temperature for about a week. Babkas also freeze well (wrap tightly in plastic and then in foil).

SOURDOUGH APPLE OATMEAL SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• Bring the 3/4 cup of water to boil in a saucepan.
• Stir in the oats, turn heat to low and cover pan.
• Cook for 8 minutes, then cool to lukewarm.
• Place dried apples into a bowl or glass measuring cup and pour 1/3 cup water over them.
• Cover the container with a plate or plastic wrap and microwave for 1 minute.
• Set aside, with cover intact, and let cool.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine starter, water, milk powder, cider mix, sugar and butter.
• Stir in the cooled oats and apples.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until it is a shaggy mass.
• Turn out onto a lightly oiled surface and fold the dough over onto itself repeatedly until it is supple and elastic.
• This dough should be quite soft and tacky, so don't add a lot of extra flour.
• Let the dough rest for 30 minutes, then fold it like a letter, turn 90 degrees and fold again.
• Wait another 30 minutes and repeat the foldings.
• Cover dough and let it rise until it is not quite doubled.
• Divide the dough into two portions and shape into loaves.
• Place in two loaf pans, about 4" x 8" that have been greased.
• Cover and proof until dough crests about 1" above rim of pans.
• Bake loaves at 375°F for about 45 minutes, rotating loaves halfway through the bake time for even browning.
• Turn bread out of pans onto a cooling rack immediately upon removing from oven.
• Cool at least 1 hour before slicing.
• Serve toasted or cold--I like to make a cream cheese spread by mixing some more of the spiced cider mix (to taste) into cream cheese.

SOURDOUGH, APPLE AND ALMOND DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook bread cubes in large roasting pan until crisp, about 20 minutes. Transfer to very large bowl.
• Butter 3-quart baking dish. Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add bacon; sauté until golden, about 8 minutes. Add onions and celery; sauté until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Add apples; sauté 2 minutes. Add mixture to bread. Add nuts and herbs. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead; chill.)
• Preheat oven to 425°F. Mix eggs into dressing. Add enough stock to moisten. Spoon into baking dish. Cover; bake 20 minutes. Uncover; bake until top is crisp, about 20 minutes longer.

SOURDOUGH APPLE CARROT BREAD

Steps:

• Mix all and pour into a greased loaf pan.
• Let set for 15 minutes.
• Bake at 350 degrees F.
• for 60 minutes or until it tests done with a pick.
• Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.