I'm the full-time recipe developer and food photographer behind Humbly Homemade. Inspired by my childhood growing up in Germany, I share recipes of delicious rustic bakes from scratch with an elevated European twist.
β¨ Bake Club! π How to Score Bread
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Hey, Reader! Have you ever baked bread that came out of the oven looking flat, even though you followed the recipe perfectly? π Or maybe you forgot to score it, and it burst open somewhere you didnβt plan? π₯ In this week's Bake Club, weβre talking about how to score bread and why it actually matters. π€« Spoiler Alert: it's not just for looks - there's real baking science going on behind why your bread is rising and expanding in the oven. What is Scoring?Scoring is making intentional cuts in your dough right before it goes into the oven. Those cuts (aka scores) tell the bread where to expand as it rises, instead of letting it tear wherever it wants. Why Does Bread Need to Be Scored?When yeast bread dough hits a hot oven:
Scoring creates a planned flexible spot in the dough so the loaf lifts up instead of splitting out. Learn More on YouTube!If you want the full breakdown (including beginner & decorative scoring patterns, common mistakes, how deep to score, and more), I walk through everything step-by-step in my new video!
My Favorite Scoring Tools
Let's Score & Bake!Let's turn our baking lesson into something you can eat!
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I'm the full-time recipe developer and food photographer behind Humbly Homemade. Inspired by my childhood growing up in Germany, I share recipes of delicious rustic bakes from scratch with an elevated European twist.
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