Dairy Free Vegan Sourdough Milk Bread - Made with Oat Milk

Sridevi Beidha

An easy beginner level vegan milk bread recipe that soft in texture and melts in your mouth.

Prep Time 2

Cook Time 40

Resting time 22

Total Time 1 40

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Main Course, Snack

Servings 6 12 slices

Start by mixing the levain, oat milk and the water.
Next add the flour and mix for about 5-10 mins with a rubber spatula or clean hands. Keep in mind, the dough will be very wet, so fold in from the corners to the center and continue in a circular motion for 5-10 mins.
Transfer to a clean bowl, cover with a clean cloth and rest for 1 hour. This first phase is called autolysis.
After 1 hour, add the maple syrup, salt & Olive oil and knead again. Use the same circular fold in motion from the corners and continue for 5-10 mins until well integrated. If you have a stand mixer, even better. I do not, so I just use my hands.
Let the dough rest for another 1 hour. Do a coil fold – start by lifting the dough from the middle using both hands so that the edges peel off the bowl. Fold in the edges under, turn 90 degrees and repeat for 3 more times.
Repeat the coil folds for every half hour for 4 times. Total resting from autolysis to coil folds is 4 hours. The coil folds and resting phase will help the dough to build strength.
Cover with a lid and place in the fridge for 12-16 hrs.
Next day, generously coat your working surface with flour. Place the dough and divide into 4 equal parts. About 185g each. Note: If they are not equal parts, the final bread will not look even. Try to get them as close as possible.

Take each one, fold in the edges starting from one corner to the center and make into a smooth round ball. Repeat with all 4. Cover with a cloth and rest for 10 mins.
Take each dough ball, roll into mini rectangles using a rolling pin. About 3 X 10 inches (W X H). Start with the edge of the rectangle and roll them again into mini rectangle (3 X 5) inches. Similarly repeat with all four. Cover and rest for another 10 mins.
This is the Pre shaping stage. Take each one and again roll them out gently with a rolling pin. Repeat step 10. Take a rectangular bread pan, generously coat with flour and place the each bread roll side by side. Cover and let rest for 6-7 hours. After 6 hours, the dough will rise 3 times. See figure 1.
This is the final stage. When you are ready to bake, pre-heat the oven to 390 deg. Place in the oven and bake for 25 mins. After 25 mins, reduce the temperature to 350 deg and bake for another 15 mins. Take out and let it cool down for another 10 mins.

Keyword bread, Easy Recipe, milk bread, Sourdough, vegan