Why Do You Need A Dough Rising Basket For Sourdough?

I still remember my first loaf. Flat as a pancake, sticky mess everywhere, and I blamed the flour, the oven, even the weather. Turned out the real problem was simpler than that — I didn’t have a proper dough rising basket. Sounds small, I know. But once I got one, my bread actually started looking like bread. Not a fluke either, it happened loaf after…