How to Shape a Bread into a Boule (Round Ball)

Enhance your bread shaping techniques! Bread shaping plays an important role in baking the best bread. Kathleen demonstrates an easy way to shape bread into a boule or round ball. Includes simple yet important tips and tricks to enhance the outcome of your bread making results! Enjoy.

[katieduenskie]

This is the most straight forward and easy technique I’ve watched for shaping dough. Other videos seem to over complicate it. I just used this technique and it worked so well!

[BrianKramp]

Thank you for the clear instructions. Especially the negative example which often teaches more than the positive one.

[davidfairclough]

This is such a simple video to follow, but yields such excellent results. Such clear explanations, especially about the rationale. Really fantastic teacher!

[micaboomedia]

After a year of varied and often disappointing results, this video changed our experience with boules. You are officially my new best friend. We cannot thank you enough for this video Kathleen!!

[danilo]

Wow finally someone who explained so clearly. I love this channel

[matthewhorne]

Finally. Been struggling to find instructions on how to get the thing to stand up firm. Thank you so much.

[patrickbodenham]

This lady’s got such charisma! Could watch her all day.

[brehuntsman]

Ive just started making homemade bread now that im a Stay at home mom. And this lady is HANDS DOWN the best teacher! She really simplifies it all and i swear i have yet to find any of her techniques that dont work!! Im so glad i found this page!! ❤

[EnergeticMan]

Its lovely to watch a professional work, everything seems so natural. And it is, thanks for this.
I had

[AlexEckelberry]

By far one of the best shaping videos on the 'net. Just simple.

[alanlsherrill]

Boule Roulle! I had never heard of a boule. Your great video taught me just how it is done. Time for some Dutch oven baking!

[jesss]

I followed your steps to shape my boule and it resulted in the best sourdough I've baked so far! Thanks so much for the clear instructions.

[lorettawieler]

This video has changed my sourdough life. It makes the perfect shape and easy to follow instructions. I will be sure to watch all your videos. Thank you!

[bullish]

Plain simple and to the point, if only all vids were the same. I feel I have really learned something.
Thank you.

[hankcreates]

Brilliant, as usual! I love how the first time you show how to tuck the boule's little bottom from the side, and the second time, you show how it looks from the top. It definitely makes a lot of sense - you're scooching the side that is facing you underneath the lil ball! I've never found a ball of dough so adorable.

[travissolari]

I have been baking for years for my family, but more recently, bread. I just wanted to say thank you for this video. You are precious and so so helpful! I have my first chocolate chip sourdough loaf in the oven! - Casey

[miriamofsanik]

You are a natural teacher. So easy to understand. Thank you!

[leroycharliefour]

This video is awesome, and made me feel super confident in my boule-making skill :)

[sydneypark]

Thank you Kathleen! This really helped clear up some confusion I had when working from Flour Water Salt Yeast.

[ketrinc]

Thank you, Miss Kathleen, for the wonderful, easy-to-understand instructions. Additionally, I learned why my pizza dough "shrinks in" when I roll it, and now I know to cover it and let it rest, thanks to you. (Posted April 30, 2021)