My first loaf

This was my first loaf after 7 weeks of working towards making an active starter. I’m so proud of myself for the first attempt.

The recipe I followed is below.

100 g of active starter

390 g of water

Mixed two together

510 g of flour ( I used all purpose flour )

10 g of salt ( I just used table salt )

Mixed and then covered and let sit for 1 hour before fist set up stretch and folds, covered for 30 minutes and then second round of stretch and folds, covered for 30 minutes again and then third and final round of stretch and folds. I let it sit on my counter covered for 3 hours before doing a trifold and rolling it up into a ball and then did some push and pulls. I then put it in a basket and then in the fridge overnight covered. In the morning I baked it by placing the Dutch oven in my oven as I preheated to 450. Once preheated I put the sourdough in the Dutch oven (I grabbed the lid of the Dutch over with my bare hands and burned my fingers so that was fun) and covered it for 30 minutes of baking and uncovered for 20 more minutes of baking. I let it sit for 1.5 hours on my wood cutting board before cutting into it.

I’m on the hunt for a really good bread knife because my knives were butchering this loaf, would love some recommendations along with some feedback and advice on my process on how my first loaf turned out! Thank you