Sourdough whole wheat spelt bread

sourdough starter 1-1/4 cups
water 1/3 cup
butter 1 tablespoon
salt 1 teaspoon
bread flour 1 cup

spelt flour 1 cup

whole wheat flour 1 cup
sugar 1 tablespoon
bread machine yeast 2 teaspoons

Add ingredients in bread machine. Process on dough setting, transfer to buttered pan when cycle completes. Cover and let rest for 45 minutes. Bake in preheated 375 oven for 30-40 minutes. Cool on rack.

Whole wheat, rye, spelt and flax sourdough bread

3/4 cup + 1 tbsp. water
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 cup sourdough starter (room temperature)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup spelt flour

1/2 cup rye flour

2 tbsp vital wheat gluten

2 tbsp all-purpose flour

2 tbsp ground flax seed
2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

Add ingredients in order in bread machine, program for dough. When finished, place in buttered bread loaf pan. Cover and let rise for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and bake for 30-40 minutes.

Sourdough apple cake

1 cup sourdough starter
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
2 cups chopped apples ( I used two large ones)

Combine the sourdough and the eggs and oil, stir well. Add the dry ingredients stirring well and then stir in the apples and walnuts. Pour into a greased square pan or 9 inch cake pan with removable sides.

Topping:

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 tablespoon flour

Mix these ingredients together, cutting the margarine into pea sized pieces.

Sprinkle the mixture over the top of the batter spreading to cover the whole top of cake. Preheat oven to 350º and bake for 40-45 minutes or until tester inserted comes out clean.

Recipe adapted from Karensquilting.com