Guides
Sourdough Baking Guides
Hydration, dough temperature and starter math for repeatable loaves. Every guide uses baker's percentages, so the numbers scale to any batch size.
- Sourdough Hydration and Dough Temperature: The Complete Guide Baker's percentages with starter included, desired dough temperature (DDT), and how temperature reshapes bulk fermentation time.
- Sourdough Starter Not Rising? A Repair Guide The five reasons a starter stalls - temperature, feeding ratio, flour, water and time - and how to bring a sluggish jar back to doubling.
- Baker's Percentage: The Complete Guide Why flour is always 100%, how percentages describe any dough at any size, and how to read and scale recipes with baker's math.
- Levain Builds: Timing the Relay Why bakers build a levain instead of using starter straight, how to size it, and how to count backwards from baking time.