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c/baking-fails-and-winsjennys72jennys7211d agoProlific Poster

My bread kept sinking in the middle for weeks until I saw someone's routine

I spent almost a month baking sourdough loaves that looked perfect until they cooled and caved in the center like a sinkhole. Turns out I was slashing my scores way too shallow and not letting the steam release proper during the first 20 minutes in the oven. Has anyone else had their loaf collapse after a great oven spring and figured out it was a scoring depth thing?
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grant_hart
grant_hart11d ago
Oh man I feel your pain, I once scored a loaf so shallow it looked like I was just tickling the dough and it collapsed harder than my dating life in 2015.
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oscarw83
oscarw8311d ago
Bet it's your pan placement too low in the oven, that temp drop got mine every time.
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