The Sourdough Bench Book

Stop guessing. Start baking the same great loaf on purpose.

Most sourdough journals hand you a blank box and wish you luck. The Sourdough Bench Book is a real bench tool. Every bake gets two facing pages: a complete formula in baker's percentages so any loaf is repeatable and scalable, and a planned-vs-actual bake-day timeline for the whole day, from levain feed to oven-out. That timeline is the page generic logs simply do not have.

Inside this 8.5 x 11 bench book:

• 44 two-page bake spreads - formula and ingredients on the left, full bake-day timeline and crumb scorecard on the right
• Quick-reference pages - baker's percentage, hydration at a glance, desired dough temperature and bulk-time tables
• Starter and levain section - feeding-ratio guide, float-test signals, and a multi-week feeding log
• Crumb and crust troubleshooting - symptom, likely cause, and exactly what to try next
• House-loaf recipe vault - lock in your best formulas so you can bake them again
• Flour and pantry inventory plus a bake index - find your best loaves fast
• Undated pages - bake weekly, or whenever the levain is ready

Whether you are dialing in your first boule or chasing an open crumb, this is the log that turns lucky bakes into repeatable ones. A thoughtful gift for any sourdough baker.

A personal baking journal, not a cookbook or food-safety guide. Use your own judgment in the kitchen.