French Onion Sourdough Bread

This delicious bread is wonderful for sandwiches or served with soup. It takes time to caramelize the onion and is well worth the effort.

Thinly slice 2 onions, I also like mine quartered to make them smaller so they can spread out further in the dough.

Melt butter in heavy skillet, then add onions.



Cook over medium-low heat for 30 minutes stirring every 5 minutes.

When nice and brown and transparent, remove from heat and cool completely.




French Onion Sourdough Bread

2 Tbls. Butter

2 Medium onions, thinly sliced then quartered

1 cup fed sourdough starter

1 1/2 cups warm water

2 1/2 tsp. salt

5 cups unbleached white flour

2 tsp. yeast (optional for faster rise)

 

 

Melt butter in a heavy skillet add onions. Cook on medium low for about twenty minutes stirring every five minutes. When nice and brown remove from heat and cool completely.

 

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

 

Stir  onions into starter. Stir in warm water. Add remaining ingredients. Knead until smooth, 7-10 minutes. Allow dough to rise about 90 minutes until doubled in size.

 

Divide dough in half, gently shape into two loaves. Cover and let rise once again until double.

 

Bake the bread for 25-30 minutes until golden brown, cool on a rack.