Welcome to the working thread. This is your home base for today’s bake. Drop your questions here, post your photos, tell us what’s happening with your dough. We bake together.
Two paths today. Pick the one that fits where you are.
PATH 1: The Sourdough Version
Henry’s Foolproof Sourdough Loaf
The full sourdough experience. Active starter, long fermentation, everything you’ve been building toward over the last three weeks.
Ingredients:
Bread flour: 500g (4 cups)
Water (lukewarm): 375g (1½ cups)
Active sourdough starter: 100g (½ cup)
Salt: 10g (2 tsp)
Hydration: 75%
PATH 2: The Yeasted Version
Henry’s First Sourdough Loaf (Yeasted Conversion)
Don’t have an active starter yet? No problem. This gets you the same structure and technique, just with instant yeast doing the heavy lifting.
Ingredients:
Bread flour: 550g (4¼ cups)
Water: 425g (1¾ cups)
Instant yeast: 2g (½ tsp)
Salt: 10g (2 tsp)
Hydration: 77%
Drop your updates below as you go:
Just mixed: Tell us what time and which path you’re on
After bulk: How did your dough look?
After shape: Photo if you’ve got one
Out of the oven: Let’s see it
Perfection is not required. Progress is. Let’s bake.
— Henry ⭐🔥