One of my favorite parts of baking bread is scoring. It’s like a baker’s signature — a special touch showing the loaf was made with love by hand. But it goes beyond just looks — proper scoring controls the way bread expands in the oven. Basically, you’re creating weak spots in the dough where the […]

How To Score Bread Like The Professionals! This Full Bread Scoring Guide Breaks Down All The Stages To Help Beginner And Experienced Bread Bakers

Want to have beautiful sourdough loaves? Read this easy to follow guide for how to score sourdough bread for beginners!

Scoring your sourdough bread with a bread lame can be a work of art, but it's also essential to the baking process! Slashing the dough with a sharp razor after the final proof allows the dough to expand in the oven, and let the gasses release. This post shares my top 7 tips for scoring bread with ease, so that the cuts are smooth rather than ragged, and you can create the beautiful loaf of sourdough that you were hoping for.

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Klola • Sourdough_Proven on Instagram: "Bread therapy. It is so satisfying, I could do this for hours. This is the 80/20 formula bread, I thought I was recording the bread after baking it, but I realized after the bread was almost gone, that my phone ran out of storage and never captured it. My bad🙄. Details: 400g bread flour 100g whole wheat @onedegreeorganics 375g water (75%) 100g sourdough 10g salt 6h bulk, 16g cold proof, transfer to the fridge during oven pre heating, then score and…