Description
Delightful Chocolate Chip Sourdough Bread combines tangy sourdough with sweet chocolate chips. Perfect for breakfast, snacks, or dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¼ cups + 2 tablespoons (330 grams) warm water (80-90℉)
- ½ cup (100 grams) active sourdough starter
- 4 ¼ cups (510 grams) bread flour
- ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 3 ½ teaspoons (10 grams) Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
- 1 cup (170 grams) semi-sweet chocolate chips
- Rice flour (for dusting banneton)
- 2 ice cubes (for steam)
Instructions
- Feed your sourdough starter 6-12 hours before baking to ensure it’s bubbly and active.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the warm water and sourdough starter until dissolved. Add flour, sugar, and salt, mixing until fully incorporated. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
- Wet your hands and flatten the dough slightly. Sprinkle in ¼ of the chocolate chips and perform a stretch-and-fold. Repeat with remaining chips until all are incorporated. Gather dough into a ball, seam-side down, and cover. Let rest for 20 minutes.
- Repeat the stretch-and-fold process 3 more times, letting dough rest 20 minutes in between.
- Cover the dough and let it rise until nearly doubled in size (4-12 hours depending on temperature).
- Gently turn the dough out onto a floured surface and shape into a round ball. Cover and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Flip the dough and stretch into a smaller rectangle. Shape into a batard or round for proofing.
- Dust proofing basket with rice flour, transfer dough seam-side up, cover, and refrigerate overnight (12-16 hours).
- Preheat a lidded Dutch oven to 450℉ for 30-60 minutes.
- Turn dough onto parchment paper, score top, and place in Dutch oven with ice cubes for steam. Cover and bake for 45 minutes, then remove lid and bake for an additional 5 minutes as needed.
- Cool on a wire rack for 2-4 hours before slicing.
Notes
Serve warm or at room temperature. Pairs well with butter or fruit spreads. Store in a paper bag for up to 3 days, or wrap and freeze slices for longer shelf life.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 0mg