And here’s the other one from that batch! This was shaped into the banneton and got a better spring. I screwed up the 7 minute rescore though. Also for the life of me I can’t do a good wheat stalk score 🤣 can’t win them all!

This weekend, I fed well then decided at peak that I was going to bake a loaf of bread. So far, my takeaway is this: 1.) After BF, my dough is only slightly jiggly... not like the others I've seen in videos 🤷‍♀️. 2.) I don't think that I cut my score quite deep enough. I have an obvious pattern, just not the pretty ear I had hoped for. 3.) When I spritzed my loaf before putting it into the oven, I should have left it at that instead of giving it another spritz after it entered the oven. The bottom area is beautiful, golden brown and blistered. The top, not so much. It's currently cooling on the counter and I will cut/ photograph and upload photos for an analysis once it's cooled.

The results of my Alexandra's Kitchen Sourdough Bread Step by Step open bake loaf of sourdough. I know a few things I did wrong... like spritzing with water a second time... you can tell exactly where the water landed and jacked up the coloration. I also think I didn't score quite deep enough to get a beautiful ear. After BF, it was somewhat jiggly, nowhere near as jiggly as others I've seen. Not my first, not my last.

I made a semi-decent loaf of sourdough bread today. I used the Grant Bakes "Sourdough Bread Recipe (No Special Tools)" recipe. Not perfect, though not "bad" for my second loaf ever. Instructions said bake at 500° for 20 minutes with steam (ice in separate pan on bottom rack) and 20 minutes without (remove pan with water). It wasn't quite brown enough so I gave it more time then I gave it a little too much time. #patiencethroughsourdough

We're so glad you're here! A great place to start is to head to the classroom and complete the Sourdough Identity Quest. Then come back here, introduce yourself, and let us know what you discovered about your 'sourdough persona.' Peruse the posts, check out the classroom offerings, and engage with other members! A little about BreadScore™ ➡️ This is a tool that provides objective feedback on your baking based on visual analysis. 🌟 I think it is easier to see that in action than to try to explain it just now, so just head over to the BreadScore™ New Requests chat to see how it works. And next time you have a few pictures of a baked loaf, enter a request! 🌟 Thank you for being here! If you have any questions please feel free to post them anytime. ---------------------- ➡️ And just a little bit more...Sourdough Improvement Skool is a small but growing community (and just over a month old! Just a baby!) My goal here isn’t to be super slick or flashy. I just want members like you to stick around and be part of something that feels right and feels helpful and feels meaningful. I hope you will. ➡️ More about me. My day job is in strategic planning, but in a previous life I spent several years as a professional artisan baker. I’ve continued to bake bread off and on ever since. I still bake a couple times a week most weeks. ➡️ What makes this group special, truly, is the community members! Jump in. Be active. Engage. Share your successes and struggles. Let's improve our sourdough baking together!