HomeRecipe Articles Links Forum Sign In Register Categories Search for Recipes Ethnic Main Dishes Soups & Stuff Baked Goods Fruits, grains & veggies On the Side Sweets & Desserts Snacks & Appetizers Holiday Foods Special Diets Miscellaneous Pizza Famous Recipes Free Newsletter Get the Chef's top picks right in your inbox! Your Email Subscribe Unsubscribe Ask The Chef Can't find the recipe your looking for? Have a cooking or food preperation question? No problem. Ask The Chef! Latest Recipes Top Recipes Our Friends Home -> Baked Goods -> Breads Sourdough San Francisco Bread Recipe Rating: N/A Printer Friendly Ingredients   (view qty in metric system instead) 1 tb Dry yeast 1 1/2 c Warm water 1 c Sourdough starter 1 tb Sugar 1/2 tb Salt 2 tb Cider vinegar 5 1/2 c White flour 1/2 ts Baking soda Yellow cornmeal Directions In lg warmed bowl, sprinkle yeast over water, stir to dissolve and let stand until bubbly. Blend in starter, sugar, salt and vinegar. Gradually beat in 3 c of the flour. Beat at least 3 mins. Turn batter into a lg oiled glass or ceramic bowl, cover with towel and let rise in warm place 1 hr or until double in bulk. Combine 1 c of the remaining flour with baking soda. Stir batter down and add flour-baking soda mixture. Gradually add remaining flour to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto floured board and knead, adding additional flour only as needed to prevent sticking, approx 300 strokes of folding and turnin or until dough is smooth and elastic. Sprinkle a greased baking sheet with cornmeal. Form dough into 2 oblong loaves and place on sheet. Cover with towel and let rise in warm place 1 to 1-1/2 hr or until not quite double in size. With sharp razor, slash the tops of loaves diagonally. Mist with water and bake in 450 oven 10 mins. Reduce heat to 400 and bake 35 mins longer or until bread tests done. For a harder crust, place a pan of hot water on bottom of oven and mist with water several times during baking. Remove pan of water after 15 mins of baking. Turn out onto wire rack and cool. NOTE: If you like your sourdough very dar, remove the baked bread from the pan or sheet and place under broiler about 2 mins, or until rich brown in color. Related Recipes •   Sourdough Bread Pudding •   Brown & White Rice Flour Bread •   Elvis Sandwich •   Crockpot Sourdough and Wild Rice Stuffing •   Griddled Country Egg Sandwich •   Spicy Grilled Cheese Sandwich •   Crock Pot Chicken and Sourdough Dumplings •   Sausage, Sage and Apple Stuffing •   Quick Hot Turkey Sandwich with Sherry Gravy •   Glazed Cinnamon Loaf •   Eggnog French Toast •   Caramel Bread Pudding •   San Francisco Pork Chops •   Double Cinnamon French Toast •   Easy Baked French Toast Bread Pudding •   Weekend Chocolate French Toast •   Cherokee Corn Bread Pudding •   Cinnamon Raisin French Toast •   Easy Ham and Cheese Waffle Style Sandwiches •   Maryland Crab Cakes View/Post Comments (0) Add To MyRecipeBox Send to a Friend

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