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Plan your sourdough bake day. Pick a schedule, set your start time or deadline, and get a complete step-by-step timeline.

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Overnight Cold Proof · total time: 33 hr 20 min

12 hours

1:5:5 ratio — wait for it to dome and bubble

Mon 11:00 PM → Tue 11:00 AM

1 hour

Combine flour and water, no salt yet. Rest covered

Tue 11:00 AM → Tue 12:00 PM

15 min

Dissolve salt in reserved water, squeeze through dough

Tue 12:00 PM → Tue 12:15 PM

5 hours

4 sets of stretch & folds in the first 2 hours, then leave it alone

Tue 12:15 PM → Tue 5:15 PM

25 min

Gentle round on unfloured surface, rest uncovered

Tue 5:15 PM → Tue 5:40 PM

10 min

Build tension, transfer seam-side up into banneton

Tue 5:40 PM → Tue 5:50 PM

12 hours

Cover and refrigerate — develops flavor and eases scoring

Tue 5:50 PM → Wed 5:50 AM

45 min

Dutch oven inside, 500°F

Wed 5:50 AM → Wed 6:35 AM

45 min

20 min covered, then uncover and reduce to 460°F

Wed 6:35 AM → Wed 7:20 AM

1 hour

Resist cutting — crumb sets during cooling

Wed 7:20 AM → Wed 8:20 AM