Measuring your dough’s temperature and rise doesn’t mean you’re making sourdough more complicated, trying to bake ‘scientifically,’ or that it’s the only way to make great bread. It’s simply a tool that gives you a reference point for proper fermentation. This helps you understand how the dough should look and feel, and lets you develop your feel for it much faster. Over time, you’ll be able to ‘read’ your dough and just know, without measuring. But measuring will help you build that intuition m

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