Grandma'S Sourdough Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 (12 ounce) can beer, warmed to 110 degrees
5 - 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sourdough starter, at room temperature Grandmas Starter recipe posted
3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/8 cup yellow cornmeal

Preparation

Soften yeast in warm beer. Blend in 2 cups of the flour, Grandma's starter, sugar, butter and salt. Combine 1 cup of the flour and the baking soda; stir into flour-yeast mixture.
Stir in as much of the remaining flour as you can with a wooden spoon. Knead in enough remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth and elastic (5 to 8 minutes total).
Place in greased non metallic bowl; turn once. Cover; let rise till double in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Punch down; divide dough in half. Cover; let rest 10 minutes.
Shape into two oblong or round loaves.
Place on greased baking sheet which has been sprinkled with yellow corn meal. Cover; let rise till almost double in size, about 1 hour. brush with a little water. Make diagonal slashes across tops of the loaves.
Twenty minutes before rising is complete pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.