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Bread Maker Chocolate Chip Sourdough recipe

Name: Bread Maker Chocolate Chip Sourdough
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 16 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 5 g sourdough starter; 50 ml water; 50 g bread flour (I use 35 g white, 15 g rye); 80 g fed sourdough starter; 400 g strong white bread flour (plus 1 tsp for dusting); 7 g salt (I use kosher. Reduce for table or sea salt); 10 g sugar; 10 ml oil (I use olive); 240 ml water; ½ tsp dried yeast (I use Allinson's); 100 g chocolate chips (I use 70 %)

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This chocolate chip sourdough smells just like pain au chocolat while it bakes. It’s delicious toasted with butter, or turned into a bread and butter pudding.

Prep15m
Stand12h
Cook4h
Total16h 15m

bread-maker sourdough

Bread maker chocolate chip sourdough pudding

A chocolate-chip sourdough has been on my radar for a while, thanks to r/Sourdough. Col was aghast but quickly came around. After several experiments with savoury sourdough inclusions (hard recommend), it seemed rude not to try a sweet version.

What a beautiful loaf, even if it did slope on one side, thanks to a steep drop in temperature and an open window*. I don’t always know what to do with sweet, white loaves. Of course, they can be sliced and frozen, but turning them into a bread and butter pudding is lovely (and freezable too). I use roughly 1 egg, 200 ml of milk and ½ a tablespoon of sugar per 150 g bread, plus a good splash of bourbon.

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* Sloped bread can sometimes be caused by not enough water in the recipe, but mine’s usually down to the weather. When I move my bread maker away from the window, I get a more even rise.

Notes

Feeding the starter

I feed my sourdough starter overnight, using a 1:10:10 ratio so it rises slowly. By the morning, it will have peaked and fallen. It’s not necessary to use the starter at its peak. If you want a faster rise, use a different ratio. 1:1:1 (35 g each of starter, water, flour) will peak in about 4 hours for me.

Dispenser warning

The Panasonic manual says that cheese and chocolate shouldn’t be placed into the raisin and nut dispenser as they could melt and get stuck. I haven’t experienced this, but I do lightly dust any sticky or heat-sensitive inclusions with flour as a precaution.

Be mindful of your bread pan

Some people believe that sourdough can wear down non-stick coatings over time. It's not a given, but bread pans are expensive to replace. If you’re concerned, there are plenty of non-sourdough recipes on this blog.

Recipe

Bread Maker Chocolate Chip Sourdough

Prep15m
Stand12h
Cook4h
Total16h 15m

Makes: 1 loaf

Ingredients

Sourdough starter

5 g sourdough starter
50 ml water
50 g bread flour (I use 35 g white, 15 g rye)

Chocolate chip bread maker sourdough

80 g fed sourdough starter
400 g strong white bread flour (plus 1 tsp for dusting)
7 g salt (I use kosher. Reduce for table or sea salt)
10 g sugar
10 ml oil (I use olive)
240 ml water
½ tsp dried yeast (I use Allinson's)
100 g chocolate chips (I use 70 %)

Method

Sourdough starter (see notes)

Add 5 g of starter, 50 ml of water and 50 g of bread flour to a jar. I use 35 g of white flour and 15 g of rye. Stir well, loosely cover, and leave somewhere warm to rise. This 1:10:10 ratio rises slowly - perfect for overnight.

Bread maker chocolate chip sourdough

Put the regular blade into the bread pan. Add 400 g of white bread flour, 7 g of salt, 10 g of sugar, 10 ml of oil, 240 ml of water and 80 g of fed sourdough starter into the bread pan, then place it into the bread maker.
Add ½ teaspoon of yeast to the yeast dispenser.
Dust 100 g of chocolate chips with 1 tsp of flour. Add to the raisin and nut dispenser. Select the basic raisin setting (or basic white if not using the dispenser).
The programme will take around 4 hours. If your machine doesn’t have a dispenser, add the chocolate chips three quarters of the way into the knead (on my machine, that's 22 minutes in). Once the programme is complete, shake the loaf onto a rack and allow to cool before slicing. If the loaf won’t come out, leave for 5-10 minutes, then try again.