Go Back
Easy Same-day Sourdough Sandwich Bread Recipe

Easy Same-day Sourdough Sandwich Bread Recipe

This is the best fluffy sourdough sandwich bread recipe I have made. It's SO soft and spongy and makes the perfect cold sandwich, and it also makes a great grilled cheese sandwich.
4.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Rise time 12 hours
Total Time 13 hours
Servings 7

Ingredients
  

  • 290 grams filtered water
  • 75 grams  sourdough starter (fed and at its peak, feed it 1:1:1 the night before) 
  • 15 grams sugar
  • 15 grams oil (melted butter, olive oil, avocado oil..)
  • 500 grams all purpose unbleached white flour
  • 2 tsp salt

Instructions
 

  • Starting with the active starter that you fed the night before, measure that into your mixing bowl along with water, sugar and oil. Mix it up, then add the all purpose flour and salt. Mix with your hands until no dry flour remains. You can use your stand mixer too with the dough hook attachment, but it really doesn't need it.
  • Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes.
  • Perform a set of stretch and folds until you get elastic dough consistency.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and put it in a warm space for its first rise (not too warm, between 70-75 degrees F) until doubled in size (4-8 hours).
  • Grease a bread pan.
  • Dump the bread dough onto a lightly greased surface and shape it into a log. Pinch the seams together. Place seam side down into the loaf pan and cover with a towel.
  • Let the bread rise at room temperature until the dome comes up 1 inch above the rim of the pan.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Bake bread for 45 minutes until golden brown, or until internal temperature reads 185 degrees F.
  • Brush the top of the loaf with a little bit of butter after baking for a softer crust.
  • Cool completely before slicing.