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  • bjctoBready@lemmy.world•First sourdough attempt
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    8 days ago

    my first loaves looked a lot like this. this is underproved, which is why you have that big gas bubble at the top (overproved can look similar sometimes, but will have a shaggy crumb). even if it seems to be taking forever you gotta let it prove until its done.

    i’ve had proofs go 12 hours or more, especially on cold days. it’s nerve-wracking sometimes. but, in the worst case, if it overproves too much, just make focaccia.

    hth!

    eta: young starters can take a long time to prove, as well. so the more mature your starter gets, the easier this becomes. when my starters are strong, they’ll treble in size in like 4-6 hours, and that’s when i bake with them. my starters are also quite old at this point, since they were born during the covid lockdowns (the starter baby boom).