A visual sourdough troubleshooting guide: match your loaf to a picture, check likely causes from most to least common, and choose a simple change for your next bake.
What Happened to My Loaf? The Picture Guide to Fixing Every Sourdough Fail
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Find help for starter, dough, and loaf problems—from slow starters and sticky dough to dense loaves, gummy crumb, pale crust, or a burnt base.
Picture-led troubleshooting for sourdough bakers tired of guessing
Match your loaf to the picture
Check likely causes in ranked order
Troubleshoot starter, dough, and loaf
Includes a beginner recipe and bake logs
Find the likely cause, then make one simple change next bake.
Use the picture guide to troubleshoot sourdough starter, dough, and loaf issues. It includes a 60-Second Diagnosis Chart, a beginner base recipe, and bake log pages.
Sourdough troubleshooting
A visual guide to matching loaf problems with likely causes and simple next-bake adjustments.
Sourdough troubleshooting
A visual guide to matching loaf problems with likely causes and simple next-bake adjustments.
Find your loaf’s match
Compare your bread with the guide’s pictures to identify the problem you’re seeing.
Understand likely causes
Check possible causes ranked from most to least common, instead of guessing what went wrong.
Troubleshoot dough and crumb
Look up sticky dough, proofing problems, dense loaves, gummy crumb, and missing oven spring.
Plan your next bread bake
Use the beginner base recipe and bake log pages to record changes and track your bakes.
Rescue your starter
Look up slow or neglected starters, hooch, smells, and mould identification.
Find loaf problems
Check guidance for flat or dense loaves, pale crust, burnt base, and too-sour bread.
Inside the guide at a glance
A picture-led sourdough troubleshooting guide with starter, dough, and loaf sections, plus a beginner base recipe and bake log pages.
See the Guide Contents
60-Second Diagnosis Chart
Beginner base recipe
Bake log pages
Inside the guide at a glance
A picture-led sourdough troubleshooting guide with starter, dough, and loaf sections, plus a beginner base recipe and bake log pages.
See the Guide Contents
60-Second Diagnosis Chart
Beginner base recipe
Bake log pages
Sourdough Guide Questions
What the picture guide covers and who it is for.
What is this guide about?
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A visual sourdough troubleshooting guide. Match your loaf to a picture, review likely causes from most to least common, and choose a simple change for the next bake.
What problems does it cover?
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Starter Rescue covers slow or neglected starters, hooch, smells, and mould identification. Dough Rescue covers over- and underproofing, sticky or shapeless dough, and banneton sticking. Loaf Rescue covers flat or dense loaves, gummy crumb, no oven spring or ear, pale crust, burnt base, and too-sour loaves.
What else does the guide include?
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A 60-Second Diagnosis Chart, a beginner base recipe, and bake log pages.
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Who might this guide suit as a gift?
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It may suit a new or improving home baker, or someone who enjoys baking sourdough.