Bread Art—9 Tips To Improve Your Scoring

Scoring tips and tricks

Give the dough a fresh(er) look. Remove the excess of flour after the cold proof, dust the dough with fresh flour and smooth the surface before scoring. I find rice flour better for creating contrast, but you can use regular or bread flour if you prefer.

Use the right scoring tools. It is important to use a very sharp blade/lame, as this will have a big impact on the look of the scoring. And you’d be surprised how quickly the razor blade will get dull, so replace it often—ideally as soon as you see it dragging on the dough. For all of our scoring we use Wire Monkey lames de boulanger. They are super functional, high quality and beautifully made. Wire Monkey offers several different models to choose from—you can find the full range here (10% discount will be applied at check out).

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Freeze before you score. When scoring a pattern that will take time to complete, freeze the dough for 30min before scoring. This will prevent the dough from ‘deflating’ before you bake it.

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Be gentle with the dough, but make swift and confident slashes, and don’t press down on the dough.

Use shallow cuts when making a detailed or more intricate pattern, and one or a few deeper cuts (depending on your design)—to allow the bread to rise and expand during baking.

Clean the blade between slashes, especially if you are scoring a detailed pattern. This will help to keep the blade sharp and prevent dragging.

Use different scoring patterns for different bread shapes. The design for a boule (round bread) may not work well on a batard (oval-shaped loaf) and vice versa.

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Try different flour types and hydration levels andobserve how this affects the scoring. Higher hydration will make the dough much softer, which may not be ideal for very detailed scoring. Flour type will also have a big impact—rye flour for example is low in gluten and it lacks elasticity, which will affect how the dough expands in the oven.

Create and experiment. Take notes, photos or videos, and try again! And most importantly, have fun!

If you have any questions, feel free to use the comment box below.

Happy scoring! 👩🏻‍🍳🌾🤍

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