Sourdough Baking Techniques

Welcome to Sourdough Baking Techniques! This is your go-to resource for mastering every stage of sourdough bread baking.

From bread dough mixing methods, stretch and folds, and coil folds to dough temperature, bulk fermentation, proofing, shaping, and baking, you'll find practical tips and step-by-step guidance to help your dough rise perfectly and develop amazing flavor.

Find your stage of the bake

Mix the dough: start with mixing techniques and decide whether to autolyse.
Build strength: compare coil folds and stretch and folds, then check your gluten with the windowpane test.
Bulk ferment: the complete bulk fermentation guide plus the aliquot jar method to track the rise precisely.
Get the temperature right: how temperature changes everything and the water temperature calculator.
Divide and shape: preshaping and shaping a boule, batard, or pan loaf.
Proof: the complete proofing guide and how to tell when dough is ready.
Score: how to score and how to get that ear.
Bake: the full baking guide, in a Dutch oven or without one.

Every loaf follows the same road: mix, ferment, shape, proof, bake. My free Sourdough Baking Roadmap puts the whole journey on one page so you always know the next step. Grab it below.

Browse every technique guide below and take your bread one stage further.