Easy Sourdough Bread

Easy Sourdough Bread was pinched from <a href="http://www.averiecooks.com/2014/11/easy-sourdough-bread.html" target="_blank">www.averiecooks.com.</a>

"Traditional sourdough starters take 5-7+ days to develop, and making the bread can take a full day, so you're looking at a week whereas you can make this bread in 9 hours. Do the first rise overnight or think of like a slow cooker recipe - set it and forget it because it really is that easy. Rather than using a traditional sourdough starter, Greek yogurt and sour cream is mixed with bread flour, yeast, and a pinch of salt. The active cultures in the Greek yogurt and sour cream ferment the dough and give the bread traditional sourdough flavor. The longer you let the bread rise and ferment, up to about 18 hours, the more sourdough-ey it'll taste. The bread is hearty, satisfying, and has a firm crust that gives was to a super moist, soft interior. Read the recipe at least twice before starting, but you're simply making dough, letting it rise for 6+ hours, letting it rise again for 1+ hour, and baking it...."

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3 cups bread flour (I use King Arthur) one-17.6 ounce (500 gram) tub plain unsweetened Greek yogurt with active cultures (must say 'active cultures', I used 0% Non-Fat Fage) about 1/2 to 1 cup sour cream (or Greek yogurt, lite versions are 
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