Hi, I have a bread machine recipe that my family loves but for the sake of trying something new, I would like to use the sourdough starter that I have sitting in my fridge. I did make a loaf of the Sourdough Boule on this site and it turned out quite well though it was a bit heavy. The recipe that I use in my bread machine has quite a few ingredients such as honey, butter and rolled oats. I used online calculators to change the weight from cups to grams but I think I am going to have to do the measurement myself using a scale since it ended up being a 82 per cent hydration dough when I included the oats in with the flour. Does this sound right? I didn't count the honey, nor the butter or powered milk into the formula. My starter is half water and half flour by weight so if I understand this right, it is 100% hydration starter. I also understand that the amount of starter should be equivalent to 30% of the flour and 30% of the water from the orignal recipe. Does anyone feel like doing the math for me to let me know how much starter in grams would I need to make this bread using sourdough starter? Here is the original recipe with the conversions using online calculators:
- 1 ¼ cup water - 295 grams
- 2 tablespoons honey - 42.5 grams
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened - 28.35 grams
- 1 ¼ teaspoon salt - 7.11 grams
- 2 tablespoons powdered milk - 8.5 grams
- 1 ⅔ cup flour - 211 grams
- 1 cup whole wheat flour - 120 grams
- ⅓ cup rolled oats - 29.7 grams
- 1 ¼ teaspoon yeast - No conversions