Einkorn Sourdough Sandwich Bread

Howdy! In this post, I will be showing y’all how I make my Einkorn Sourdough Sandwich bread that’s whole wheat and no knead. So healthy, delicious and freshly homemade. Something simple, yet wonderful, that everyone will love.

einkorn sourdough bread slices on cooling rack

Although, baking with einkorn can be a little tricky, it definitely takes a bit of patience! I’m learning it’s completely different than regular all purpose flour. So, if you’re wanting to dive into the realm of Einkorn, stick with me and we will learn together. First, we will start out with this Einkorn sourdough sandwich bread!

I’m starting to branch out into different worlds of sourdough bread baking and different types of bread baking. There is so much to learn, and I can’t wait to keep showing y’all what I create. Hopefully, you can find some of these recipes helpful if you’re starting out with sourdough bread.

WHY EINKORN FLOUR?

Einkorn flour offers many trace minerals, essential fibers for your dietary needs, and it’s the most ancient wheat around. Einkorn flour is better for you than regular flours because it’s lower in carbs and higher in protein, it also rich in nutrients such as iron, protein and B vitamins.

It is also four times higher in Vitamin-A (beta-carotene) than regular wheat is, making it boost immunity, preventing heart disease and cancer. It’s all around good for you and your body.

Additionally, there is a distinctive taste to the Einkorn vs regular flour. However, it is similar in taste to commercial flours, but, it has a mild nuttier flavor. It works wonderfully in warm dishes such as breads, pancakes, etc. Einkorn flour is slightly more dense than regular flour as well. To me, it’s still a perfect flour to use.

THINGS YOU’LL NEED:

Stand mixer
Measuring cup or scales
Bread loaf pan
Parchment paper
1 1/3 or 320g cups water
65g or 1/3 cup Sourdough starter (you can learn how to make your own starter in my post here)
2 TSP Salt
70g or 5 TBSP honey / 25g sugar
2 TBSP avocado oil
350g or 2 3/4 cups Einkorn Flour
2 cups or 250g all purpose unbleached flour

HOW TO MAKE YOUR EINKORN SOURDOUGH SANDWICH BREAD

the night before:

Firstly, you’ll start off by mixing your sourdough starter and water. I am using my Einkorn sourdough starter that I created from my regular sourdough starter. You will want to mix the starter and water for 5ish minutes or until it’s thoroughly incorporated.

Once those two ingredients are mixed well, you will add in your honey, oil, salt and einkorn flour.

Mix all of those together in the stand mixer, with the dough hook, until all incorporated.

You’ll see that the bread dough is slightly limp, I will then add in my 2 cups of all purpose unbleached flour. I like to use King Arthur all purpose flour. If you see that the dough is extremely sticky and not pulling away from the bowl, add about another half cup of all purpose flour.

Continue mixing all the ingredients together in the stand mixer for about 15 minutes on medium high or until the dough is pulling away from the bowl and the dough passes the windowpane test.

WHAT’S THE WINDOWPANE TEST?

The windowpane test is taking a little section of the dough, stretching it into a square. Then, you keep stretching the dough until it becomes a very thin film. A film that doesn’t break or tear and light passes through the dough.

Once you’ve gotten the dough how it’s supposed to be, take the bowl with the dough inside and place a damp towel (or plastic wrap) over the dough to keep the moisture in. Let it rise and ferment for 10-12 hours.

You don’t want to over-ferment the dough too long because then you will have a very droopy and sad dough. If that happens, you can’t make bread with the dough but you can make croutons.

the next morning:

Grab a 9×5 loaf pan and line it with parchment paper. I normally reuse my parchment paper because you can most always get more than one use out of parchment paper when making bread, plus it helps you lessen your waste too.

You’ll want to scoop your dough out onto a clean counter and mix the dough around with your hands a little bit, then, you’ll want to shape your dough.

To shape your dough, you flatten it out with your hands into a rectangle shape. Roll the dough away from you, and fold the ends of the dough in while rolling the dough up.

Place the dough into your lined bread loaf pan and let it rest for 2-3 hours, or, until it has doubled in size.

Once it has doubled in size, place into the oven for 40 minutes at 325 degrees. After, remove from oven and transfer onto cooling rack. Then, let it cool completely before slicing.

loaf of sourdough bread resting on cooling rack

Voila, your very own Einkorn Sourdough Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaf. I hope you enjoyed making this recipe as much as you did eating it! Maybe try some homemade strawberry jam on it, I did and it is so delicious.

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