If your sourdough keeps flopping, try these 3 game-changing tips first 🙌🏻🍞
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Sourdough Scoring Tutorial 🙌🏼
This is how I like to score my sours.
Fresh blade held low, almost flat to the loaf, with a slight curve to create a more pronounced ear.
One clean, intentional score. That’s it. No re-scoring, no hacking at the loaf five minutes later, just commit and let the bread do the work. The faster you go, the more of a clean ear you will get.
Let me put you on game. Shoot questions down below!
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Short clip from last week 🩷
Times gone by so fast! It's almost been 2 years since I started my small cottage bakery in our small town Porterville. When I first started I had to learn how to utilize the small space I had, so I came up with this method that allowed me to bake 6 sourdough loaves at a time! Now I am able to bake 18 loaves of sourdough at a time in just 1 hour with my 3 ovens 😊
I truly love this method of baking sourdough!
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🌸✨ Chive Blossom Sourdough ✨🌸
Spring in a loaf — soft, tangy crumb studded with flecks of fresh chive blossom, kissed with that subtle oniony flavor. It’s as pretty as it is delicious 💜🌿
Swipe to see the magic inside.
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No-Waste Dill Pickle Sourdough Recipe
500g bread flour
150g active starter
285g water
10g salt • chopped dill & garlic (add during stretch & folds)
— use extra dry or fresh dill to taste • chopped pickles (dabbed dry, add during shaping)
— don’t overdo it, they add extra moisture! 1. Mix flour, water, starter, and salt until combined. 2. Rest 30 mins, then do 4 sets of stretch & folds.
— Add dill & garlic during folds. 3. Bulk ferment at room temp until dough is puffy and airy. 4. Shape and gently fold in chopped pickles. 5. Cold proof overnight for deeper flavour. 6. Bake at 450°F — 20 min covered, 15–20 min uncovered.
Tangy, herby, garlicky, and low waste. Follow for more sourdough inspo 🫶🏼✨
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It’s National Sourdough Bread Day! 🍞 Celebrate with this cheddar and black sesame sourdough loaf recipe.
When it comes to inclusions in sourdough, I say measure with your heart ❤️! The rich nuttiness of black sesame paired with the sharp, melty goodness of cheddar is a match made in bread heaven.
🥖 Sourdough Recipe:
📌 500g flour
📌 300g water (increase per your flour's tolerance)
📌 100g active sourdough starter
📌 5g salt
📌 Black sesame seeds (to taste)
📌 Shredded cheddar cheese (to taste)
📝 Method:
1️⃣ Autolyse: Mix flour and water until fully combined. Cover and rest for 45-60 minutes. This helps hydrate the flour and kickstart gluten development.
2️⃣ Fermentolyse: Add your sourdough starter and salt to the autolysed dough. Mix until well combined. Let it rest for 20-30 minutes.
3️⃣ Stretch & Fold (or coil fold): Continue developing strength in your dough. Perform 4-6 stretch and folds (spaced 30-45 min apart) until the dough holds its shape.
✨ After 1-2 stretch and folds, add your inclusions—always measure with your heart! ❤️
4️⃣ Bulk Fermentation: Let the dough rise until it’s more than doubled in size.
5️⃣ Shape: I love the envelope method for this. Then place in a banneton.
6️⃣ Cold Retard: Pop it in the fridge overnight for flavor development.
7️⃣ Bake: Preheat your oven to 450-485°F (depending on your oven). Bake for 30-45 minutes.
🔥 Open bake: Start with 20 minutes of steam → finish without steam until the crust is deep golden.
8️⃣ Internal Temp: Remove from the oven when the bread reaches an internal temp of 200°F+ for that perfect crumb.
👉 Using my @breadsmart Smartscraper to mix in the inclusions while keeping my hands a little cleaner! 🙌
Do you measure with your heart too or go by the book? 📏❤️
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Sourdough scoring tips:
Be intentional and move quickly.
Don’t over think just do.
Starting out, dont make fancy scoring designs.
keep it basic with a giant X or a side slash and maybe throw in some wheat stalks, once you’re confidence is built up.
➡️The design is there for aesthetic but it doesn’t add to the flavor
Why score your bread? It helps signal your bread to expand here. The expansion is where the steams escapes and growth can occur.
What should you look for in a bread lame?
I personally feel like you should find something that fits comfortably in your hand. If it’s comfortable it helps give you confidence. This little bread lames feel awkward and are too little.
Also, I like to be able to adjust the angle of the blade
Happy baking!
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follow along for more Simple From Scratch Nourishing Recipes and more food preserving tips @theflouringhome
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Hand-mixing sourdough? Not always… but when I do, my @breadsmart Danish Dough Whisk gets the job done! 🍞
ANTI-CLUMPING DANISH DOUGH WHISK: Your dough will be ready in no time with this pro-quality whisk. Designed for mixing thick bread doughs, the stainless steel triple-looped head runs the length of the handle for strength and durability. 🥄 Who else loves a good dough workout? 💪🏼
Do you mix by hand or use a stand mixer? 🙋🏻♀️
⚾️ Batter Up… for Sourdough! ⚾️
This one’s for the baseball fans! I turned a classic sourdough loaf into a home run with some decorative scoring and hand-painted details. Using Ann Clark white & @chefmaster deep red food coloring, I added those signature red stitches after the loaf had been in the oven for six minutes—just enough time to let the crust set before bringing the details to life. All scored with my @breadsmart bread lame because precision matters in both baking and baseball! Baked for the entire duration with the lid on to maintain food colouring and prevent darkening.
🔥 Fresh from the oven and ready to steal the show. What do you think—home run or grand slam?
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