24-Hour Sourdough Bread

Name: 24-Hour Sourdough Bread
Yield: Makes Two Loaves (1 1/2 pounds each)
Ingredients: 4 1/2 ounces (128 grams), refreshed starter (1/2 cup); 3–4 ounces (85 - 113 grams), bottled water or filtered, (3/8-1/2 cup), 80 degrees; 5 ounces (142 grams), unbleached all-purpose flour (1 cup), with 11 to 13 percent protein content; 12 ounces (340 grams), bottled water or filtered, (1 1/2 cups), 70 degrees; 24 ounces (680 grams), unbleached all-purpose flour (about 4 3/4 cups) with 11 to 13 percent protein content; 2 1/2 teaspoons, table salt

Desserts or Baked Goods
Breads

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2005

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SERVES Makes Two Loaves (1 1/2 pounds each)

TIME 1½ hours, plus 13½ to 20½ hours rising and 2 hours cooling

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