Session 199 — Sourdough: Bake Day
← Block 45–46: Bread — Sourdough & Enriched Doughs Overview
Skill: Cold-retarded sourdough baking; scoring technique; reading the oven spring Read first: Continue your sourdough journey — score with a lame or sharp razor; bake covered 20 min, uncovered 20–25 min
What you're learning: The most important bake of the whole bread curriculum. Oven spring (the final rise in a hot oven), scoring (the line you cut before baking that guides the bloom), and the crumb reveal after cooling (don't cut hot — wait 1 hour minimum) are all key moments.
Full Meal: First Sourdough Loaf torn warm with butter alongside a simple salad with roast chicken or a bowl of soup — you earned the bread
🎥 Compare Notes: Everything To Know About Oven Spring, Ears & Scoring — Gluten Morgen — Comprehensive guide to scoring patterns, blade angle, steam, and achieving proper oven spring.