Homemade Sourdough Bread, Step by Step | Alexandra's Kitchen

Chef John's Sourdough Bread

🥖🎄How to Score Your Own Christmas Tree Sourdough Boule 🎄🥖 (This starts after your dough has chilled and is ready to be scored.) Step 1: Use thread or twine to lightly press 4 intersecting lines into the dough — one straight down the center, then divide each half again until you have 8 equal sections. Step 2: Use a bread lame (a razor blade tool for scoring) to cut along those lines, creating 8 Christmas tree shapes. Step 3: Take a small pair of scissors and clip into the sides of each tree t

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