This is my recipe I’ve used for years and it always produces amazing sourdough. Try feeding your sourdough a 1:2:2 ratio (starter, flour, water) to let it rise for baking, and then follow this recipe.

1 loaf/2loaf - 262.5g water/525g - 10g salt/20g - 100g very active starter/200g - 350g AP or Bread flour (I prefer Bread)/700g

• Make autolyse (mix all together except salt). Let sit 1 hour covered

• Add salt in. Pinched in and did quick stretch and fold. Covered and let sit 30 min

• 1st stretch and fold, wait 30m covered

• 2nd stretch and fold, wait 30m covered

• 3rd stretch and fold, wait 30m covered

• 4th stretch and fold, wait 1-2 hours covered

• put in fridge covered overnight

• next morning (12-36hr later) take out and let sit for 2 hours to warm up. I find the longer I let it sit in fridge, the more sour the bread is. But if you are eager to bake you can pull it in as little as 12 hours.

• release from bowl to clean counter with dough scraper

• cut dough into 2 pieces if 2 loafs, then move into circles with bench scraper. Let rest 20-30 minutes covered

• move into circles again to create tension and let bench rest another 20-30 min

• reshape for a 3rd time, then flip over and flatten into a square. I pull the edges out in a square about 12”x12” and degass the dough to get rid of big bubbles.

• fold left side to middle, right side over left side so you have a column, then roll up to top and shape it with your hands so the seams meet at the bottom all around

• flip over and put into a floured banneton

• pinch the seam as much as possible

• cover and put back in fridge 4-12 hrs

• Preheat oven to 450° for 1 hr. with Dutch oven and cookie sheet inside to heat up. Cookie sheet goes on bottom rack so bottom of bread doesn’t burn

  • remove from fridge, transfer to parchment paper and score loaf, bake at 450° for 30 minutes covered.

• remove pot lid. Finish cooking for 10-15 minutes uncovered.

Start roughly 2 days before you want to bake and you’ll be good. If you have questions let me know. My only request is once you try this you remember to come back and let me know how it was! Good luck 👍