Bread scoring is the practice of slashing the surface of bread dough immediately before baking it. Why? As crusty bread bakes, it rises quickly and dramatically (bakers call this “oven spring”). The ...

Scrolling through your Instagram feed and wondering why other people's sourdough loaves look so darn stunning? It's not a filter, but an easy, gotta-try technique called bread scoring. Here's a quick ...

One of the bread baking mistakes everyone makes, specifically with crusty varieties, is not scoring the bread dough before baking it. Scoring has multiple purposes: It controls where the loaf ruptures ...