Cranberry Orange Sourdough Star Bread
A naturally leavened enriched sourdough layered with orange sugar and dried cranberries, twisted into an eight-point star and finished with an orange glaze.
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Sourdough Scoring Patterns That Hold Their Shape
How deep, what angle and where to cut so a sourdough design holds. Patterns for boules and batards, plus fixes for a score that blows open.
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Ube Coconut Sourdough Art Loaf
A lean, naturally purple sourdough boule flavored with real ube, scored in a leaf vein pattern and crusted with toasted coconut.
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Flour-Stencil Sourdough Boule
A plain sourdough boule becomes a showpiece with a paper stencil, a sieve of rice flour and a steady hand.
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Wheat Stalk Scored Sourdough Boule
A classic wheat stalk pattern scored into a firm, cold sourdough boule, with step-by-step cuts for sharp, open grains.
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Snowflake Scored Sourdough Boule
A classic lean sourdough boule scored with a lacy, radiating snowflake pattern, a geometric decorative-scoring technique, timely as the weather turns.
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Pumpkin Spice Swirl Harvest Boule
A lean sourdough boule swirled with a restrained pumpkin cinnamon filling, coiled into a spiral, and finished with a sunburst score.
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Black Cocoa Sourdough Jack-o’-Lantern Boule
A dramatic near-black sourdough boule from black cocoa powder, scored with a jack-o’-lantern face before baking in a Dutch oven, the site’s first entry in Sourdough Art.
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Painted Sourdough Boule
A classic lean sourdough boule turned into edible art, a simple design brushed on in diluted natural-pigment paint before it bakes.
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Marbled Beet & Turmeric Swirl Sourdough Loaf
A lean sourdough boule colored with natural beet and turmeric powder, swirled together at shaping for a genuine pink-and-gold marbled crumb.
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Rosemary Sourdough Holiday Wreath
A twisted rope wreath of rosemary and olive oil sourdough, golden and fragrant, that doubles as a holiday centerpiece and pull-apart bread.
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Six-Strand Braided Sourdough Loaf
A tall, golden six-strand braided sourdough loaf with a sesame crust, with clear step-by-step instructions for the braid.
About Sourdough Art
Scoring is the one place a loaf lets you draw. These guides and recipes cover scoring patterns and decorative loaves, with the practical details that decide whether a design survives the oven. Cold dough scores cleaner than warm dough, and a design needs a dough stiff enough to hold its edges. Start simple, then add detail once you see how your dough opens. Practice on a small loaf before you commit a design to a showpiece bake. A sharp blade and one confident stroke per line usually beat a hesitant, careful cut.