Why Is My Homemade Sourdough Bread So Dense. Wanting no other additives I mix 4 cups whole wheat flour 12 cup sourdough starter 1 12 teaspoons salt and 2 cups water. By Joe SevierMay 01 20208 mins to read.
The resulting dough is very sticky. Ive also noticed that my bread doesnt necessarily double in size with this recipe-- which makes me wonder if my starter isnt fully active. Then I pour it into the bread pan tap as opposed to punch it down just a little and leave it for.
I mix just long enough to combine let it rise about eight hours.
The bottom line is that dense heavy bread means that the dough didnt trap enough gas or the yeast didnt produce enough gas. The bread is heavy hasnt puffed up in the oven and has a moist dense texture inside. If you are confident you followed the recipe water temperature amount of salt and didnt swap in different flour willy-nilly check this handy chart for flour substitution and how it might effect the recipe then the issue is likely down to time andor ambient. Both too wet or too dry dough can result in dense bread.
