Grandma's Sourdough Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1 (12 ounce) can beer, warmed to 110 degrees
• 5 -5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sourdough starter, at room temperature grandmas starter recipe posted
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 cup yellow cornmeal

Recipe

• 1 soften yeast in warm beer. blend in 2 cups of the flour, grandma's starter, sugar, butter and salt. combine 1 cup of the flour and the baking soda; stir into flour-yeast mixture.
• 2 stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can with a wooden spoon. knead in enough remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (5 to 8 minutes total).
• 3 place in greased non metallic bowl; turn once. cover; let rise till double in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. punch down; divide dough in half. cover; let rest 10 minutes.
• 4 shape into two oblong or round loaves.
• 5 place on greased baking sheet which has been sprinkled with yellow corn meal. cover; let rise till almost double in size, about 1 hour. brush with a little water. make diagonal slashes across tops of the loaves.
• 6 twenty minutes before rising is complete pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
• 7 bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.