Sourdough will rise perfectly every time if you do 1 thing before baking

Sourdough will rise perfectly every time you bake it if you take one simple step before putting it into the oven. Sourdough is a popular choice for home bakers and there are a few keys steps that you need to get right to make sure your bread comes out of the oven perefctly. Howerver, there is one simple step that bakers tend to skip but it is one that many deem as essential to make sure that the sourdough rises in the oven.

Sourdough bread is known for its crunchy crust and its soft, springy innards, and always goes well in any brunch, especially with things like scrambled eggs and avocado . When you bake it at home, there are a number of ways to make sure it comes out scrumptiously. One of those tricks, according to a number of expert bakers, is moistening the dough before you place it in the oven, a hack that not many bread bakers think of doing.



Moistening the surface of your dough will allow it to rise more while it is baking, say the experts at You Knead Sourdough. They advise to spray your dough with a "generous" amount of water right before you put it in the oven. This, they say, keeps the surface of the dough flexible for longer, allowing it to rise more by giving it more time to do so.

There are other ways to do this instead of spraying, such as the method provided by Mary-Jane of Beautiful Living Made Easy. She says to cup your hands under a running tap and then spreading that water over your dough. She says that you can also measure two tablespoons of water and pour it over the dough.

You should then give it a "gentle rub" to spread the water around the surface of the dough. There are a number of sourdough baking hacks that have been shared by avid bakers online. One of them is the ice trick which ensures that your sourdough comes out "puffy" every time.

Baker and TikTok creator Miranda Huebner shared her handy hack , showing how she places a baking sheet over her dough in her dutch oven and then pops ice on top of that. This, she says, makes it "puffy" and "perfect" every time..