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The Art of Sourdough Scoring: Your All-In-One Guide to Perfect Loaves with Gorgeous Designs - Paperback | Diverse Reads

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Make Every Loaf a Work of Art

Get ready to bake bread that looks as phenomenal as it tastes. From graphic artist and baker Brittany Wood comes a gorgeous and comprehensive guide to all things sourdough scoring. With lush full-page photography, step-by-step tutorials and expert tips, Brittany covers every skill you’ll need to successfully create one-of-a-kind patterns on your loaves. Learn how the depth and timing of your cuts can affect the way your lines bake and burst, and never be disappointed by deflated dough again as Brittany’s calm, encouraging voice guides you through a huge variety of dazzling designs.

As an added bonus, Brittany includes her tried-and-true master method for high-hydration sourdough. She then takes it a delicious step further with 10 additional recipes for incredible flavors, like Sharp Cheddar–Rosemary Sourdough and Chocolate-Cinnamon Sourdough, as well as gorgeously shaped goods like Orange Brioche Festive Star Bread. With this inspiring resource, you’ll bake your creativity and artistry into every loaf you make and bring your sourdough scoring dreams to life with bread that never looked more beautiful.

ISBN-13: 9781645675044

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Publication Date: 04-12-2022

Pages: 192

Product Dimensions: 7.70(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

Brittany Wood is an artist, photographer and the creator of Sour Flour, an online resource for delicious sourdough recipes and stunning scoring designs. Brittany’s work has been featured in Bake From Scratch magazine, and her photography can be found in Food & Wine magazine, Glamour and Vogue, among others. She currently lives in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband and three children.

Table of Contents

Batard Scoring Design Index 8

Boule Scoring Design Index 9

Introduction 10

All About Scoring Sourdough

Tools of the Trade 15

Scoring Sourdough 16

Scoring Step By Step 18

How to Achieve an Ear on Your Sourdough 22

Scoring Design Tutorials

Batard Designs 24

Boule Designs 72

Sourdough Recipe

My Master Sourdough Method 118

Sourdough Starter 120

Feeding Your Active Starter 122

What Type of Sourdough Baker Are You? 124

Sourdough Recipe 126

Shaping 139

Shaping a Batard 140

Shaping a Boule 144

Scoring + Baking 148

The Crumb 151

Additional Sourdough Flavors

Orange-Cranberry-White Chocolate with Toasted Almonds 156

Sharp Cheddar-Rosemary with Black Pepper 158

Chocolate-Cinnamon 160

Seeded Sourdough 161

Favorite Sourdough Recipes

Cinnamon Streusel Brioche Babka 164

Cheesy Garlic Fougasse 168

Orange Brioche Festive Star Bread 171

Sourdough Challah 175

Hot Cross Buns with Apricot Glaze 178

Pumpkin Pecan-Maple Boule 181

Frequently Asked Questions 184

Acknowledgments 187

About the Author 188

Index 189