How To Make Pumpkin Shaped Sourdough Bread Loaf
Learn how to make pumpkin shaped sourdough bread with this easy, step by step tutorial! You will need an unbaked bread loaf, cinnamon stick, and baker's twine.
Yield: 1 loaf
Materials
- 4 pieces butcher's twine about 28 inches long
- 1 piece parchment paper
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 unbaked sourdough loaf
- 1 razor for scoring dough
- 1 Dutch oven to bake in
Instructions
- Prepare your sourdough bread and begin the pumpkin creating process after bulk fermentation, when you usually shape and score your dough. Shape the dough into a round boule.
- Preheat your oven for baking at this step. Cut FOUR pieces of twine about 28 inches in length. Rub them in vegetable or olive oil to prevent them sticking to the dough.
- Bundle the twine together and tie a knot in the middle. You will have 8 sections of string to work with now.
- Cut a square piece of parchment paper. Put the knot of the string in the center of the parchment paper, and space each piece of string evenly apart. Set the shaped boule bottom side down on the string and dust it with rice flour or regular bread flour.
- Connect each string up and over the top of the dough. Connect it to itself and tie it into a loose knot the middle. The string should be lightly snug, not tight. Repeat for each string, tying each knot in the same spot. Cut off the excess string.
- Score a wheat stalk shape in between each length of string.
- Place in a Dutch oven and bake in your preheated oven, following the instructions in the recipe.
- Let the bread cool, then cut the string off with scissors. Push half of a cinnamon stick into the center of the bread for a stem.
Notes
- You want this bread to have a good oven spring, so make sure to ferment your dough correctly.
- Soak the twine in oil before using to ensure it comes off easily.
- Put the dough in the freezer for 20-30 minutes prior to shaping it and scoring it to improve the score.