Best Bread Machine Sourdough - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sourdough starter, you must have a starter available
3/4 cup water, warm about 110F
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon active dry yeast (not rapid rise yeast)
3 cups bread flour
3 tablespoons oil
2 teaspoons salt

Preparation

Put first 4 ingredients in bread machine and stir gently. (yes, this works...).
Let sit for about 10 minutes. Starter should start to bubble a little.
Add flour, then spread oil and salt evenly over the flour.
Select basic course or following custom settings if your bread maker has them:
Custom settings for Zojirushi BB-CEC20: Preheat - 20 Minutes ( I start cycle after mixing first four ingredients then add remaining three ingredients after ten minutes), Knead - 20 minutes, Rise1 - 40 minutes, Rise2 - 40 minutes, Rise3 - OFF, Bake - 58 minutes Medium or Dark crust setting ( I use medium), Keep warm - OFF.
Check a few minutes into kneading and add flour or water as needed to get a just slightly tacky dough that sticks to your fingers like a strong post it note and stretches smoothly without tears when kneading. Sourdough bread dough is a little gloopier then regular white bread.
See directions for making a starter or order a starter online.
Like all sourdough breads wait until at room temperature before cutting or insides will clump up and tear the insides out of the loaf.