Ingredients

1 cup sourdough starter, you must have a starter available
1 cup water, warm about 110F
1 tablespoon sugar or honey
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
(not rapid rise yeast)

3 cups bread flour (1 wheat, 2 white)
(if using wheat, 1 tablespoon wheat gluten)
1 tablespoon or 1 packet flax seed)
3 tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons salt

Directions

1. Put first 4 ingredients in bread machine and stir gently. (yes, this works…).

2. Use Dough setting

3. Let sit for about 10 minutes. Starter should start to bubble a little.

4. Add flour, then spread oil and salt evenly over the flour.

5. Check a few minutes into kneading and add flour or water as needed to get a just slightly tacky dough that sticks to your fingers like a strong post it note and stretches smoothly without tears when kneading. Sourdough bread dough is a little gloopier then regular white bread.

6. Divide into halves, shape and place into bread pan.  Spray tops with water (helps build a nice crust)

7. Bake at 375 for 27 minutes.

8. Like all sourdough breads wait until at room temperature before cutting or insides will clump up and tear the insides out of the loaf.

Note:  you can add herbs or grains such as oatmeal or sunflower seeds, dried dill and onion flakes, etc. after the 'add" beeps from the machine.  

I use 1/2 cup of oatmeal or sunflower seeds, or 2 tablespoons dried dill (3 if using fresh) and 1 tablespoon of minced onion.