8 Sourdough Bread Scoring Tips and Design Ideas

Scoring sourdough can be as daunting as the whole dough-making process if you don't have a grasp of techniques that contribute to a consistent, controlled, and optimal rise of your sourdough bread. This video is intended to help beginner sourdough bread bakers score their dough with confidence and provides different scoring designs which can serve as starting point for creating beautifully designed sourdough loaves. As the old saying goes, we eat first with our eyes.

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[elisemadestudio]

this was an awesome watch, beautiful and informative! thank you! 👍

[analiyaancajas]

Thanks for sharing! I really need more practice!

[donnerparty]

Great scoring... Very talented and loaves have great rise.

[tjcben]

Thanks for sharing. Love the patterns and useful tips.

[edithharmer]

Great Tutorial!
Creative and helpful!
Thank you for sharing!
Greetings from Singapore!🇸🇬⚘⚘⚘ Edith

[monicamendoza]

I love your videos and music! Thank you for sharing your artistic talents with us. I’m going to try and do this today 🥖 🤗

[lesliebean]

Thank you so much for all the useful tips! Your bread is beautiful. I loved the way you packaged it at the end as well. Is that just brown paper?

[victorialand]

One of the prettiest I've seen. Also love the music very harmonious and a pleasure to watch! I tried to replicate this gorgeous design but sadly the top burst open. I am new to this and wondered if I should have placed a deeper score somewhere to prevent this. Maybe my lines where too close together.

[unbeatableenergy]

Hi there, great video. I’m really inspired to try out some decorative scores but I’m sure I have a long way to go. Id like to ask - when you do the main slash is this deeper than the small decorative cuts? Would the small cuts also be between 1/4 and 1/2 inch deep? The small cuts don’t look as deep as this. Also does the cheese wire actually cut in to the dough or merely mark the surface?
Final question - I always thought that a slash had to be done pretty quick to ensure the tension doesn’t collapse before going in oven. But are you saying that a less hydrated dough is more resilient and can hold its shape longer when scoring?

[justinbouchard]

Try scoring your dough deeper so that the loaves are able to expand and release moisture properly. Your bake times will decrease as well.

[efrainmoreno]

Do you have a video on how to make it look perfectly round and fluffy??

[jenniferhoenisch]

It’s hard to see the writing is there a way to edit the size bigger.
Other than that beautiful work!
I’ll try watching on my TV instead of through my phone screen.
Again, beautiful work 🤩

[Sofiahansen_]

Really helpful tips and enjoyable art too - thanks for sharing. Do you use rice flour for the top?

[marianovy]

What kind of flour to use for scoring ? Please

[bethanystorer]

After the mix for the first step, it's pretty dry. Will it be okay? I'm letting it rise overnight for Thanksgiving tomorrow.

[Jasonmcromer]

Hi! Out of curiosity, what brand are the cloths you used to cover your bread in this video? They’re gorgeous!