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Re: sourdough bread recipe

"Allen Cohn" <allen@cohnzone.com>
Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:27:29 -0700
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Hi Betty,

Unless your bread machine has a specific sourdough setting, it's 
unlikely that it's possible to make sourdough in your machine.

Sourdough breads use little or no yeast. Instead, they rely on the 
natural yeast in the starter (one of the ingredients). This yeast 
works much more slowly than commercial yeast. Sourdoughs often proof 
for 4+ hours. The regular bread making cycle of most machines does 
not allow for this.

Allen