Sourdough Rosemary Bread
photo by Bonnie G #2





- Ready In:
- 3hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
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1 loaf
ingredients
- 2 cups proofed sourdough starter
- 1⁄2 cup warm milk
- 1⁄4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, ground
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3 cups white bread flour
- 1 egg, beaten
directions
- Measure the starter into a mixing bowl.
- Add the milk, olive oil, salt, sugar, rosemary, raisins, and 2 beaten eggs and mix well.
- Add the flour, 1 cup at a time, stirring until it is too stiff to mix by hand.
- Turn onto a floured surface and knead in remaining flour until dough is satiny.
- Form an oval or round loaf.
- Place on a baking sheet and proof, covered, for 1 to 2 hours, or until about doubled in bulk.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Make crisscross slash in top of loaf.
- Brush with the remaining beaten egg.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Remove loaf from baking sheet and cool on a wire rack.
- NOTE: This recipe can be made in your bread machine on the dough cycle; add ingredients to machine in order given, with the exception of the final beaten egg.
- Shape and bake as above.
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Reviews
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Loved this bread, I also used more flour, but only about 1/2 cup. Then I put and extra 1/2 tsp of rosemary as I love the flavor, next time I might just go ahead and double. The bread was wonderful and enjoyed as toast for breakfast and again with a sandwich for lunch. This is bound to remain one of my favorites - thanks Donna for another great sourdough recipe. 6-27-2016 Update, continue to make this wonderful bread when ever I want to impress. One of the best
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Marvelous bread! Used a potato sourdough that was especially sharp & sour & an additional 1/2 teaspoon of instant yeast. Did initial mixing with Electrolux stand mixer using 1/2 bread flour & 1/2 King Arthur's white whole wheat flour. Added an additional 1 1/4 cups white w/w flour to make it workable. Used 4 T fresh rosemary leaves, bruised & tossed into dough whole & closer to a cup of golden raisins. Made 2 beautiful well risen loaves - blistered crusts & excellent chewy open crumb. This is a keeper recipe. Thank you Donna for posting this great recipe!
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I have made this recipe twice now, although I do use the dough cyle on my bread machine. It is a lovely bread (I took a picture and submitted it) and has incredible flavor. I did use freshly ground, fresh rosemary. I, too, had to add about an extra cup of flour and maybe slightly more. I am trying your Garlic & Parmesan (#39632) later this week.
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I made this yesterday - it smelled wonderful as it baked. I used a lot of fresh rosemary and toasted it in the olive oil as suggested, but I also added a couple of teaspoons of fresh whole (not ground) rosemary. I used PaulaG's recipe for "foolproof sourdough starter" http://www.recipezaar.com/137811 and the crust was amazing. While the dough was rising, I decided to transfer it to a 9" square glass baking dish, which caused the loaf to rise nice and high.
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This bread had a wonderful texture and fragrance. I also found that it needed quite a lot more flour - I ended up with about 2 1/2 lbs. of bread, not that I'm complaining. I mixed up everything in the bread machine and let it rise overnight on my cold backporch - in the morning I used the folding techinique several times, and then let my loaf rise for probably a couple of hours. The loaf ended up with a crackly, blistered crust that made the most wonderful sandwiches. I did not put in the raisins, as I could not find any.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Donna M.
Billings, Montana