Here’s what you need to know about scoring bread — and when you can get away with skipping this so-called baking “rule.” Scoring bread dough involves making a cut on the top surface of ...

The score of a loaf of bread is what's responsible for its design on top, commonly diagonal slashes for long loaves like batards and a curved slash or a cross on classic boules. Bread bakers on ...

Some folks tinker with flour ratios, some experiment with oven spring (more on that later), and some got to tap into their visual creativity by experimenting with scoring bread. How does one score ...