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My sandwich loaf keeps blowing out on the side.
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My sandwich loaf keeps blowing out on the side.


I’ve tried scoring down the middle, but I get some kind of blow out every time.
200 g starter
250 g whole wheat flour
250 g bread flour
425 g water
15 g maple syrup
10 g salt
15 g oil

Autolyse 1 hour. S&F 8x over 2.5 hours. Pour out and shape then put in a grease loaf pan to rise. Sometimes I refrigerate at this point. If not, I score it and put it into the oven at 350 for 70 minutes then out onto a rack to cool.
I really want good height and I feel like I could get it if it wouldn’t blow out lol maybe I’m just not scoring deep enough, but I’ve done half an inch. Thank you for your time ❤️



by Beautiful-Log-3712

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  2. Background-Web-8065

    The guy laughing was great ☺️ I do loaf pan baking too but after stretch and folds leave the dough in the bowl to bulk ferment then shape and put in a pan and into the fridge uncovered overnight. Next morning I score and bake in the oven at around 475° for 30mns covered with another loaf pan then turn oven temp down to 450° uncovered for another 15mns.

  3. morenci-girl

    Use a lame to slice the top before you put it in the oven.

  5. MaggieMae68

    You need to score the top. And not just a little, but a DEEP score … or two of them.

    I bake in a loaf pan all the time and the only way to keep it from blowing out the side (which is weaker because the moisture builds up on the sides of the pan) is to deeply score the top.

    This is one of my loaf-pan baked loaves. I double score the top so there’s plenty of room for the loaf to rise up.

    https://preview.redd.it/u54bsm269gof1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=d64a8c0c355aa694d643d5a130e6be2644db79d3

  9. maplewheats

    It’s sticking it’s tongue out at you! 😝

  16. Bearacolypse

    I used to loaf pan my sourdough when I got lazy with the Dutch oven and I found I had to score twice. Once immediately before baking and again after about 10 minutes in the oven. Just a quick slice across the top without taking it out of the oven.

  20. Megipe

    It’s like it’s sticking its tongue out at you… why is it so mad??