Course

Bread Baking Fundamentals

10 lessons · ~2.5 hours · Learn to read dough, not just follow recipes

What you'll learn

Most bread courses teach you to follow steps. This one teaches you to understand what's happening — so you can diagnose problems, adapt to your kitchen, and bake confidently without a recipe.

You'll learn fermentation from first principles, how to read bulk fermentation by feel and sight, how temperature controls everything, and the mental models that make every bake better than the last.

Why fermentation is the only thing that matters
How to read bulk fermentation without a timer
Dough temperature control with water math
Shaping for surface tension, not aesthetics
The attention map: what to stress about and what to ignore
10 mental models that make every bake better
Lessons
01Why Bread is Easier Than You Thinkpreview
8 min
02The Four Ingredients
12 min
03The Full Process, Step by Step
20 min
04Understanding Fermentation
15 min
05Reading Bulk Fermentation
18 min
06Shaping and Surface Tension
14 min
07Dough Temperature Control
10 min
08The Attention Map
8 min
09Mental Models for Better Bread
16 min
10Putting It All Together: Your First Loaf
22 min
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