I’ll never forget the morning I pulled my sourdough out of the oven and watched it collapse like a sad pancake. What I bake with: The Dutch oven that bakes consistent crusts without scorching or guessing — AIVIKI 5QT Enameled Dutch Oven on Amazon → It wasn’t the dough. The fermentation was perfect. The shaping … Read more
The sourdough loaf sat cooling on my counter, looking absolutely perfect. Golden, crackling crust. That gorgeous ear. But something was wrong. The crumb was dense. Gummy. After eleven years of baking, I should have known better. I’d committed the cardinal sin: I’d borrowed my neighbor’s ceramic Dutch oven for the final bake, and I was … Read more
For the first two years of my sourdough journey, I was baking directly on a pizza stone and covering my loaves with a roasting pan lid. The results were fine — edible, even enjoyable — but the crust never had…
For months, I baked sourdough in a hand-me-down enameled Dutch oven. The results were fine — decent ear, decent crust — but I kept seeing stunning open crumb shots online. People credited their baking vessel. That sent me deep into…
