Homemade Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

• 1 1/2 cups sourdough starter
• 3 cups water lukewarm
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 5 cups flour, all-purpose
• 1/4 cup butter melted
• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 x cornmeal
• 1 x butter

1. Remove 1 1/2 cup starter (replenish the rest before returning to the fridge.
2. ) Add water, sugar, salt, and 1 1/2 cups white flour, mix.
3. Let stand in a warm p lace for 12 to 18 hours.
4. Stir down and add butter, whole wheat flour, and enou gh white flour to make a stiff bread dough.
5. Knead for 10 minutes.
6. Place in a clean buttered bowl, cover and let rise 2 hours.
7. Punch down and shape into 2 round loaves.
8. Place on oiled baking sheet, sprinkled with cornmeal.
9. Let rise 1 1/2 hours.
10. Bake 40 to 50 minutes at 400 degrees until bread sounds hollow whe n tapped.

sourdough starter, water, sugar, salt, flour, butter, whole wheat flour, cornmeal, butter

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/homemade-whole-wheat-sourdough--35345 (may not work)