So, you are getting into sourdough baking. You’ve been nursing your dough, stretching and folding it carefully, watching it grow light and bubbly, shaping it, putting it into bannetons, and sticking it in the fridge. It’s time to bake. You take it out and put it onto some parchment paper to score it. You freeze. You have no idea how to do it. It’s time to read my sourdough bread scoring tutorial.
Scoring bread is like a baker’s signature. It gives your bread a significant look that people will recognize. Scoring also helps your bread expand and gives you amazing oven spring and a lighter crumb, at least with some scores. It really depends on what you are going for.
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