Homemade Bread with a Sponge Starter

Homemade bread made with a sponge starter of water, flour and yeast. Sunflower oil is added to the dough, which is baked in a loaf pan.

Ingredients

 1For the sponge starter:
 2300 ml water
 31 cup flour
 41.5 tsp yeast
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 6For the dough:
 72 cups flour
 82 tbsp sunflower oil
 92 tsp salt
101.5 tsp sugar

Instructions

Mix the water, a cup of flour and the yeast. Leave the sponge starter in a warm place for 40 minutes.

Add the remaining two cups of flour, the sunflower oil, salt and sugar. Knead the dough for 10 minutes, then leave for 30 minutes.

Knock back the dough and transfer it to a loaf pan. Let it rise in the pan, allowing up to an hour and a half if needed.

Bake in an oven preheated to 180-200 °C for 30-40 minutes.