Soo…. Is this a shaping issue?

by Stellalunaa96

25 Comments

  1. It looks more like a scoring issue to me. The cut should have been longer.

  2. TinyOosik

    Why does this look like a beautiful ancient stone sculpture?

  3. Why does it look like a UFO in space 😂 still probably delicious tho!!

  4. darthdarling221

    It’s giving Mesopotamian fertility statue for some reason

  5. daleybread

    I’ve had blowouts like this foo so am curious what you figure out.

  6. CombinationReady9376

    Looks like mama loaf is giving birth to a baby loaf!

  7. Blankifur

    That looks really cool and delicious at the same time!

    I have had something similar happen to me recently if you check my posts on this subReddit and I think it was because I did not pop any big air bubbles during the time of shaping.

  8. Top-Reach-8044

    Make black backgrounds the new standard for pics on this sub! 😂

  9. lyta_hall

    This looks like some sort of artifact taken out of the National Gallery lmao

  10. ConsequenceLeft6254

    Oh no, hope it’s benign 🥹😔
    Still delicious tho 😋

  11. PlentyOfMoxie

    Getting real Koato vibes. ,(Open your miiiiiind)

  12. muff1nt0pz

    You should do a bigger score (like one big one across the whole loaf) at the top so the loaf expands upwards

  13. merrycrasmass

    The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles

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  15. endlesscroissants

    would be perfect if you’d be baking madeleines. 🙂 The crumb and rise is great though!

  16. Visual_Resident3748

    How did you so cleanly cut the background out..?

  17. RemoteEasy4688

    It’s interesting and frankly rude that you are getting downvoted on your responses where you say you did an end to end score. Obviously you did because you say you did. 

    What’s hard to see here is if this is a round loaf or a long one. It *looks* like it is supposed to be round. Round loaves expand better with symmetrical scoring that allows it to stay round. An X or a box score are ideal. A long score, even centrally, increases the odds of warping your loaf. 

    What *I* see here is underproofing, which increases oven spring. What I am *guessing* here is that perhaps you proofed your loaf in the basket in a dry environment which may have caused the top of your loaf to be dried out, which makes it hard for the loaf to expand well. Perhaps this is due to low hydration, proofing without a cover on, etc. 

    I would say, try a different score pattern next time, and go longer on the proof. If your hydration is under70%, consider increasing. 

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