Cutting Bread Dough at April Langdon blog

Cutting Bread Dough. The main reason why bread dough is scored is to control its expansion during baking. There’s satisfaction in cutting dough you’ve spent time coercing from nascency to maturity, like a painter’s first brushstrokes. It’s a tool used to score, or cut, bread dough before it’s baked. Scoring bread describes cuts made to bread dough before the dough is placed in the oven and baked. For slashes down the middle of a loaf or across a bloomer, a deeper cut works well whereas a shallower score. This simple tool, often a razor blade attached to a handle, is what gives those beautiful artisan breads their unique patterns and helps control how the bread expands as it bakes. The cuts or the scoring of the bread dough are made with two purposes in mind: What you see as a result when the bread comes out of the oven is anything from a simple curved ridge to an elaborate array of leaves or even stalks of wheat. Scoring is a way of making shallow cuts in the tops of the unbaked bread dough right before baking it. A bread lame (pronounced “lahm”) is a baker’s best friend. It allows the bread to expand evenly, prevents it from tearing apart at weak points, and enhances its appearance. Scoring, also known as slashing or cutting, serves several essential purposes. In general, a slash in bread dough should be around 1/2 cm deep.

Scoring is a way of making shallow cuts in the tops of the unbaked bread dough right before baking it. A bread lame (pronounced “lahm”) is a baker’s best friend. The main reason why bread dough is scored is to control its expansion during baking. The cuts or the scoring of the bread dough are made with two purposes in mind: This simple tool, often a razor blade attached to a handle, is what gives those beautiful artisan breads their unique patterns and helps control how the bread expands as it bakes. It allows the bread to expand evenly, prevents it from tearing apart at weak points, and enhances its appearance. There’s satisfaction in cutting dough you’ve spent time coercing from nascency to maturity, like a painter’s first brushstrokes. In general, a slash in bread dough should be around 1/2 cm deep. For slashes down the middle of a loaf or across a bloomer, a deeper cut works well whereas a shallower score. It’s a tool used to score, or cut, bread dough before it’s baked.

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Cutting Bread Dough What you see as a result when the bread comes out of the oven is anything from a simple curved ridge to an elaborate array of leaves or even stalks of wheat. Scoring is a way of making shallow cuts in the tops of the unbaked bread dough right before baking it. There’s satisfaction in cutting dough you’ve spent time coercing from nascency to maturity, like a painter’s first brushstrokes. In general, a slash in bread dough should be around 1/2 cm deep. The cuts or the scoring of the bread dough are made with two purposes in mind: It’s a tool used to score, or cut, bread dough before it’s baked. Scoring bread describes cuts made to bread dough before the dough is placed in the oven and baked. This simple tool, often a razor blade attached to a handle, is what gives those beautiful artisan breads their unique patterns and helps control how the bread expands as it bakes. Scoring, also known as slashing or cutting, serves several essential purposes. What you see as a result when the bread comes out of the oven is anything from a simple curved ridge to an elaborate array of leaves or even stalks of wheat. A bread lame (pronounced “lahm”) is a baker’s best friend. The main reason why bread dough is scored is to control its expansion during baking. For slashes down the middle of a loaf or across a bloomer, a deeper cut works well whereas a shallower score. It allows the bread to expand evenly, prevents it from tearing apart at weak points, and enhances its appearance.