Sour Dough Bread

2 cups of proofed starter
3 cups of all purpose flour
2 tbsp of olive oil
4 tsp of sugar
2 tsp of salt.

Pour sponge into glass mixing bowl and add oil. Give it a stir with a plastic spoon. Combine two cups of flour with the sugar and salt. Sometimes when you add the sugar and salt with the starter it can kill off your yeast, especially if your yeast is not very active. I mix mine by hand so I can feel if I am about to over knead the dough. First add the remaining cup of flour to starter and mix, then slowly add the flour mixture. You can use a bread machine for mixing your dough. Knead for about 5 minutes on a floured surface if your dough is kinda wet. Spray cooking spray on your surface instead if your dough is kinda dry. When done your dough should feel like a baby's butt.

Let your dough rise in the oven. Set the oven on warm for a couple of minutes. Place a small loaf pan full of water in the bottom of the oven. Place dough in a glass bowl and then place dough in the oven. Let the dough rise until it is double in sized. About an hour. When you poke the dough with your finger and it the pit it makes does not heal back you have risen dough.

Punch down dough and form dough into loaf of bread or just place on a baking sheet. Place bread back into oven with pan of water and let dough double in bulk again.

When doubled remove water from oven. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes. Do not preheat oven. Loaf is done when the crust is brown and the bottom sounds hollow. Let cool before slicing.