I always wonder why people try to make sourdough before they ever try to make any commercial yeast bread. That can be tricky enough. Sourdough is a whole other animal, literally.
montycantsin777
omg finally. i just see those perfect first try loafs:”iS tH1s g0OD?”
thebeautifullynormal
These are people who don’t understand the basics of baking or cooking let alone breadmaking that just went in full ego. I respect the fact that they filmed it and then posted it on the Internet.
buddhistbulgyo
Gotta preheat that oven. Haha.
wisemonkey101
I feel so much better now.
WorkingInAColdMind
It’s been many, many years since I dealt with sourdough but I don’t think I ever had a failure even remotely similar to this. Maybe because I had baked non-sourdough bread first so I had some sense of what was going on with the dough so I could adapt. The gooey center loaves just seem like a total misunderstanding of how an oven works.
Karbear_debonair
This video made my day.
GeneralBloodBath
All right, I am still a sourdough noob. But am I correct in that they didn’t let the starter age long enough so there wasn’t enough bacteria to create rise?
katybee13
Half these didn’t go into a hot oven.
AM_710
Steamy hot loaves ♨️♨️♨️
Taolan13
Some people shouldn’t be doing sourdough as their first ever baking project. Like that one that was pale and basically raw inside.
Some of these people were actually really close, just minor technical mess ups.
Greeneyed_Wit
I can’t even begin to understand how this even happens. Did they not read any directions or watch any video. How does it become a solid mass!?
starliteburnsbrite
Some of these have to be on purpose.
Retrotreegal
r/sourdoh
isaidgimmeahellyeah
A few of these are egregious
Ghosty_Boo-B00
So many of these look like they are only half baked among other technical issues… I dunno I did a lot of research before tackling sourdough and I have been baking since I was a little kid (I tore my moms kitchen apart in the second grade making pizza from scratch one Saturday on a whim I have always been fascinated by bread) it baffles me that they wouldn’t research technique before attempting a bake…
Informal-Bug-7110
I was very fortunate to not have these kinds of results ever. I think it’s probably because I started with a recipe from a lady on YouTube which has worked for me every single time.
Dont-Tell-Fiona
That video had me laughing out loud!
jennifersd4ughter
i started making bread recently and have been doing simple artisan loaves. when i tell people i’m baking bread, they always ask if im making sourdough and im like hell no 😭 i barely know what im doing why would i mess with all of that lmao
urbanek2525
Huh, I’ve never had this happen. Just lucky, I guess. I started just making yeast bread because I needed to save money. Since most of a sandwich is bread and scratch bread is super cheap.
Later, after I was doing great I tried sour dough, and the loaves were great but keeping starter alive was too big of a hassle.
Just keep trying. It’s as much a feel thing as anything. Proper kneading is so key.
fackshat
Are these purposely bad? I can’t imagine how it could go so wrong.
PortionOfSunshine
r/breadcriminals
KeyMasterpiece44
The music in the last video made it funnier. I feel bad for some of these folks. There are so many videos out that can walk you through the whole sourdough process from starter to bake. Sourdough isn’t easy by any means for the beginner, but it can be done. I keep a starter in my fridge so I bake quite often. I also bake with commercial yeast for certain breads.
meowpuppyOG
Marzipan loaf!
skooz1383
I hope you’re ready for ….. nothing lol. But girl next time let it rest an hour before cutting!
PatchesMaps
Why are so many of them cutting them while they’re still hot!?
LadyLumpcake
I tried to make sourdough for the first time during covid, was so sure it would be my new hobby and my family would have fresh homemade bread daily.
I cut the tips of my fingers off with a ceramic knife trying to cut my first loaf in half. Hard as a rock. Had to go to the ER. Family declined to try my rock hard bloody loaf.
I haven’t tried sourdough since and I don’t think I ever will. I don’t even like bread, I don’t know why I’m here.
But good news, my finger tips grew back!
Rags2Rickius
There was one that was actually half decent
6745408
gotta let your loaf rest and cool before cutting it open. That steam is critical to the baking process.
Jwchibi
Seems like a fun “Can you do it right the first time” challenge
mysqlpimp
If I need bread the same day I’m banging yeast first then adding some of my fridge starter for flavour .. If I’m feeling the vibe, I’ll make a sourdough most weekends, but I had some monumental failures at the start. That’s like 10 years ago or so, but even now, if I rush or change from my regular sourdough process, I’m anxious, but I think my starter pulls me through more fuck ups and shortcuts these days than I care to mention.
erisod
Kills me they are opening them while still steaming
East-Match3366
I tried making a starter once…never got past that part.
_thewoodsiestoak_
Am I the only one who thinks this video gets way less views if the first lady doesn’t almost show her tits as she turns around?
tapeness
Why is the bread still steaming?! You need to let it cool for three hours
CuddlefishFibers
that last one killed me. Like most of these are just so obviously catastrophically under baked even from outside, like idk what they were expecting. But the last one…RIP lmao
shichiaikan
Please, start with just making bread rolls.
Then make regular bread.
Then think about doing sourdough, and don’t. Then when you do, cook it til you think it looks like it’s starting to burn – it isn’t. Then fix the other 10 things you got wrong over a year, make a perfect loaf, and never do it again. 😛
justme46
As only an occasional baker and someone who has never baked sourdough – does anyone else get irrationally angry at people who slice their loaf down the middle?
JustMeOutThere
You’re opening up a loaf of warm bread almost straight from the oven, you don’t deserve bread.
Poetic-Jellyfish
I really wish people started with dry yeast. I’ve been working with a starter for a little over a month and so far have only made 1 load that wasn’t edible at all. Other than that, my biggest issue is slight underproofing.
p_au_1i0
Rad131447
There is no way some of these people thought these were done.
Also let em rest.
Easy_Blueberry3978
I’d made any bread over sourdough. challah, multigrain, brioche, it’s all so much easier than sourdough. I’ve tried sourdough at least five times
missprincesscarolyn
For lazy, good enough sourdough: My starter is 3 years old. I let my bread machine do the kneading and first fermentation. I then do overnight bulk fermentation in the fridge. I preheat my oven to 450F with an empty casserole pan on the bottom rack. I put the unbaked, scored boule on an aluminum pan and place it on the rack. I then add water to the casserole pan to create steam and close the door.
I’ve done the tried and true 6 hours of stretch and fold Dutch oven process and while the crumb is absolutely beautiful, I’m no longer able to safely manage a 500F heated Dutch oven (MS makes me drop a lot of shit, yay!). Even for abled people, being tied to your kitchen all day kind of sucks.
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I always wonder why people try to make sourdough before they ever try to make any commercial yeast bread. That can be tricky enough. Sourdough is a whole other animal, literally.
omg finally. i just see those perfect first try loafs:”iS tH1s g0OD?”
These are people who don’t understand the basics of baking or cooking let alone breadmaking that just went in full ego. I respect the fact that they filmed it and then posted it on the Internet.
Gotta preheat that oven. Haha.
I feel so much better now.
It’s been many, many years since I dealt with sourdough but I don’t think I ever had a failure even remotely similar to this. Maybe because I had baked non-sourdough bread first so I had some sense of what was going on with the dough so I could adapt. The gooey center loaves just seem like a total misunderstanding of how an oven works.
This video made my day.
All right, I am still a sourdough noob. But am I correct in that they didn’t let the starter age long enough so there wasn’t enough bacteria to create rise?
Half these didn’t go into a hot oven.
Steamy hot loaves ♨️♨️♨️
Some people shouldn’t be doing sourdough as their first ever baking project. Like that one that was pale and basically raw inside.
Some of these people were actually really close, just minor technical mess ups.
I can’t even begin to understand how this even happens. Did they not read any directions or watch any video. How does it become a solid mass!?
Some of these have to be on purpose.
r/sourdoh
A few of these are egregious
So many of these look like they are only half baked among other technical issues… I dunno I did a lot of research before tackling sourdough and I have been baking since I was a little kid (I tore my moms kitchen apart in the second grade making pizza from scratch one Saturday on a whim I have always been fascinated by bread) it baffles me that they wouldn’t research technique before attempting a bake…
I was very fortunate to not have these kinds of results ever. I think it’s probably because I started with a recipe from a lady on YouTube which has worked for me every single time.
That video had me laughing out loud!
i started making bread recently and have been doing simple artisan loaves. when i tell people i’m baking bread, they always ask if im making sourdough and im like hell no 😭 i barely know what im doing why would i mess with all of that lmao
Huh, I’ve never had this happen. Just lucky, I guess. I started just making yeast bread because I needed to save money. Since most of a sandwich is bread and scratch bread is super cheap.
Later, after I was doing great I tried sour dough, and the loaves were great but keeping starter alive was too big of a hassle.
Just keep trying. It’s as much a feel thing as anything. Proper kneading is so key.
Are these purposely bad? I can’t imagine how it could go so wrong.
r/breadcriminals
The music in the last video made it funnier. I feel bad for some of these folks. There are so many videos out that can walk you through the whole sourdough process from starter to bake. Sourdough isn’t easy by any means for the beginner, but it can be done. I keep a starter in my fridge so I bake quite often. I also bake with commercial yeast for certain breads.
Marzipan loaf!
I hope you’re ready for ….. nothing lol. But girl next time let it rest an hour before cutting!
Why are so many of them cutting them while they’re still hot!?
I tried to make sourdough for the first time during covid, was so sure it would be my new hobby and my family would have fresh homemade bread daily.
I cut the tips of my fingers off with a ceramic knife trying to cut my first loaf in half. Hard as a rock. Had to go to the ER. Family declined to try my rock hard bloody loaf.
I haven’t tried sourdough since and I don’t think I ever will. I don’t even like bread, I don’t know why I’m here.
But good news, my finger tips grew back!
There was one that was actually half decent
gotta let your loaf rest and cool before cutting it open. That steam is critical to the baking process.
Seems like a fun “Can you do it right the first time” challenge
If I need bread the same day I’m banging yeast first then adding some of my fridge starter for flavour .. If I’m feeling the vibe, I’ll make a sourdough most weekends, but I had some monumental failures at the start. That’s like 10 years ago or so, but even now, if I rush or change from my regular sourdough process, I’m anxious, but I think my starter pulls me through more fuck ups and shortcuts these days than I care to mention.
Kills me they are opening them while still steaming
I tried making a starter once…never got past that part.
Am I the only one who thinks this video gets way less views if the first lady doesn’t almost show her tits as she turns around?
Why is the bread still steaming?! You need to let it cool for three hours
that last one killed me. Like most of these are just so obviously catastrophically under baked even from outside, like idk what they were expecting. But the last one…RIP lmao
Please, start with just making bread rolls.
Then make regular bread.
Then think about doing sourdough, and don’t. Then when you do, cook it til you think it looks like it’s starting to burn – it isn’t. Then fix the other 10 things you got wrong over a year, make a perfect loaf, and never do it again. 😛
As only an occasional baker and someone who has never baked sourdough – does anyone else get irrationally angry at people who slice their loaf down the middle?
You’re opening up a loaf of warm bread almost straight from the oven, you don’t deserve bread.
I really wish people started with dry yeast. I’ve been working with a starter for a little over a month and so far have only made 1 load that wasn’t edible at all. Other than that, my biggest issue is slight underproofing.
There is no way some of these people thought these were done.
Also let em rest.
I’d made any bread over sourdough. challah, multigrain, brioche, it’s all so much easier than sourdough. I’ve tried sourdough at least five times
For lazy, good enough sourdough: My starter is 3 years old. I let my bread machine do the kneading and first fermentation. I then do overnight bulk fermentation in the fridge. I preheat my oven to 450F with an empty casserole pan on the bottom rack. I put the unbaked, scored boule on an aluminum pan and place it on the rack. I then add water to the casserole pan to create steam and close the door.
I’ve done the tried and true 6 hours of stretch and fold Dutch oven process and while the crumb is absolutely beautiful, I’m no longer able to safely manage a 500F heated Dutch oven (MS makes me drop a lot of shit, yay!). Even for abled people, being tied to your kitchen all day kind of sucks.
I got the recipe from this home baker:
[Easy Bread Machine Sourdough (Truly Foolproof)](https://heartscontentfarmhouse.com/bread-machine-sourdough/)
I have a Zojirushi Virtuoso, but I think any bread machine would work.
first one makes me feel physically sick man please
Blue hat guy actually got significantly better within a week or so after taking advice in the comments.
Rage bait. I started doing bread years ago and even my worst never had a liquid center. You are intentionally doing it wrong for clicks.