Sourdough Oven Spring: 5 Tips

Learn how to get great OVEN SPRING on your sourdough bread with my five tips. If you want your bread to puff up big and tall during the first half of baking, there are a few things you can do to almost guarantee that it will happen for you every time!

The tips in this video are focused on what to do during the "bulk fermentation" stage (or the first rise) to set your dough up for a great oven spring. After watching this video, if you want to see how to shape, score, and bake your loaf of bread for maximum oven spring, continue on to my other video called "How to get an EAR on your sourdough bread." The link to that video is below!
https://youtu.be/VQ0hGGHvxhA

🕜 Click on any of the timestamps below to skip to the next tip.
00:10 Tip #1
01:13 Tip#2
02:12 Tip#3
02:59 Tip#4
03:43 Tip#5

✏️The recipe I used in this video is as follows*:
White Bread Flour............360g (80%)
Whole Wheat Flour..........90g (20%)
Water................................300g
Sourdough Starter...........100g
Salt...................................10g
*The video states that it was 90% white flour, but it was actually 80%. Oops!

✏️ You could also try doing 90% white flour with the following recipe:
White Bread Flour............405g
Whole Wheat Flour...........45g
Water.................................300g
Sourdough Starter............100g
Salt....................................10g

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Then, check out these other videos from my channel:
👂🏼 How to Get an EAR on Sourdough Bread - https://youtu.be/VQ0hGGHvxhA
🍞 Simple White Bread START TO FINISH - https://youtu.be/ilyzuvEQLJQ
🍞 Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread - https://youtu.be/NNmJMHa1QWA
🍞 Tartine Country Bread (Sourdough Tutorial) - https://youtu.be/qel1AHh05CY

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