What is Sourdough and Bread?

Sourdough and Bread is a free bake planner for home bakers. You create a recipe with baker’s percentages, get a clock-time bake schedule, track each stage with optional reminders, and save notes and photos in a baking journal that stays in your browser.

Does it only calculate ingredients?

No. Ingredient math is one part. You also build a full recipe, generate a same-day or overnight bake plan, run an active bake with stage tracking and optional notifications, and document each loaf with notes, ratings, and photos.

How do bake reminders work?

During an active bake you can enable browser notifications. When a stage runs past its estimated time, you get a reminder to check the dough—useful for bulk fermentation and proofing.

Can I keep a sourdough baking journal?

Yes. My Loaf stores in-progress and completed bakes with notes and photos on your device (localStorage). You can export and import your history. No account is required.

Is this free, and does it work for yeast bread?

Yes—it’s free in the browser. Switch leavening between sourdough and commercial yeast; artisan, sandwich, and tangzhong styles work for both, with timing estimates adjusted for the leaven you choose.

Sourdough and Bread

Build a recipe, get a bake schedule, track steps with reminders, and keep notes & photos—your free sourdough planner.

Step 1 of 6 · Style selection

Step 1 of 6: Style selection

What are you baking today?

Pick the foundation of your loaf. You can fine-tune texture and hydration in the next steps.

Super Soft Milk Bread

Pillowy, cloud-like crumb with a paper-thin golden crust. Shreddable and stays fresh for days.

Everyday Sandwich Loaf

Structured, even crumb that slices cleanly. Soft but resilient — built for toast and sandwiches.

Rustic Artisan Loaf

Wild open crumb with a thick, crackly crust. Chewy, custardy interior from long fermentation.

Milk Bread

65–72% hydration baseline

Current Selection

Formula baseline Milk Bread

Hydration

typical range

65–72%

Whole Wheat

typical range

0–15%

Likely texture: Pillowy, cloud-like crumb with a paper-thin golden crust. Shreddable and stays fresh for days.

Leaven & timing

How do you want to raise your dough, and how much time do you have?

Leavening

Sourdough

Yeast

Time you have

Overnight

Proof overnight, bake next morning

Same day

Faster rise, bake today

How much bread?

Choose your batch size and room temperature (affects rise time).

Small

450g

1 loaf

900g

2 loaves

1800g

Custom

Your size

Custom: 300–8000g total dough (same range as Pro). Recipe scales automatically.

Room temperature

75°F

Warmer rooms mean faster fermentation.

More timing options

Ferment window

Pick a timing style—maps to starter/pre-ferment % under the hood.

Longer windows add scheduling flexibility. Informational only—not medical advice.

Alternative flour (optional)

Alternative flour Optional

Swapping flours? Pick a grain for hydration tips—whole wheat % is a rough proxy for alt grains in the mix.

See full high-protein hydration chart

Choose your milk bread crumb

Pick a crumb goal for your bread style. These adjust hydration and enrichment, not the ferment timing you already chose.

Texture prediction

Likely texture: balanced and versatile

Main drivers update as you choose a crumb goal.

Softness0

Openness0

Chewiness0

Trend: contrast crumb

2026 trend

Contrast crumb

Crusty outside, pillow inside—tangzhong for a soft interior with a leaner, higher-hydration main dough for more bite at the crust.

Fine-tune your dough

Optional—dial in softness, openness, sugar, fat, and Pro-level parameters.

Skip if the crumb goal already looks right.

ChewySoft

Tight crumbOpen crumb

Sugar and fat soften the crumb and help enriched loaves stay fresh longer. Usually enrichments will require longer fermentation time as they absorb water.

Sugar12%

Fat / Oil7.5%

Your bake plan

Ingredients and a clock-time schedule starting now.

Total Flour

Wheat

Est. Rise

Starter

Main Dough

Bake schedule

Times are estimates — dough readiness beats the clock.

How to Use This Bake Planner

This free sourdough bake planner helps you create a recipe, generate a clock-time bake schedule, run an active bake with optional reminders, and document results with notes and photos. Choose your bread style (Super Soft Tangzhong, Classic Sandwich, or Artisan), then set leavening to sourdough or yeast. Sliders control loaf weight, room temperature, whole wheat, hydration, and optional sugar and fat—weights update in real time from baker’s percentages.

For sourdough, pick a leaven style (liquid, stiff, or sweet stiff) and a feed ratio that matches your starter. Use Copy Recipe to share the formula, or Start baking to track stages, enable reminders when a step runs long, and save the bake to My Loaf. Everything stays in your browser.

Learn more about schedules and bake reminders and sourdough note taking in My Loaf. For starter care, tangzhong, hydration, and crumb texture, see our Guides.

Bread Style

Super Soft

Pillowy Tangzhong crumb

Classic Sandwich

Even, sliceable crumb

Artisan / Rustic

Open crumb, crackly crust

Texture Goal

Pick a crumb style and get a beginner-friendly starting formula.

2026 trend

Contrast crumb

Crusty outside, pillow inside—tangzhong interior plus a leaner main dough for crust contrast.

Leavening

Sourdough

Yeast

Leaven Style

Liquid

Stiff

Sweet

Tangzhong Flour

Whole Wheat

Bread Flour

Liquid Base

Water

50/50

Milk

Add Egg White

Ferment window

Pick a timing style—maps to starter/pre-ferment % under the hood.

Longer fermentation windows give you more scheduling flexibility. You control time and temperature. Informational only—not medical advice.

Alternative flour Optional

Swapping flours? Pick a grain for hydration tips—whole wheat % on the right is a rough proxy for alt grains.

See full high-protein hydration chart

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Recipe details

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Room Temp

75°F

Weight900g

Whole Wheat20%

Starter / Pre-ferment %18%

Affects Rise Time

Feed Ratio1:2

Seed : Flour

Hydration71%

Standard Soft

Sugar12%

Fat/Oil7.5%

Total Flour

Wheat Flour

Est. Rise

Texture Prediction

Likely texture: balanced and versatile

Main drivers: formula is near the middle ranges for softness and openness.

Softness0

Openness0

Chewiness0

Prediction only: flour strength, mixing, fermentation, and shaping can change the final crumb.

1. Starter

Sweet Stiff

Details...

3. Main Dough

Mix everything.

Process Guide

My Loaf

Import

Stored locally in your browser.

Saved & completed

No recipes saved yet.

Recipe Collection

Editors Choice

Handpicked recipes and guides curated by our team.

More in our Guides: starter, tangzhong, hydration, bread texture, and how to use the calculator →

Classic Sourdough Loaf

A traditional sourdough recipe with a perfect balance of tangy flavor and open crumb structure.

24h Intermediate

Hokkaido Milk Bread

The viral step-by-step Japanese Tangzhong method for soft, cloud-like bread.

4h Beginner

Whole Wheat Sourdough

A nutritious whole wheat sourdough with 50% whole grain for a hearty, nutty flavor.

20h Advanced

Sourdough and Bread

What are you baking today?

Current Selection

Leaven & timing

How much bread?

Choose your milk bread crumb

Contrast crumb

Fine-tune your dough

Your bake plan

Starter

Tangzhong

Main Dough

Bake schedule

How to Use This Bake Planner

Recipe details

1. Starter

2. Tangzhong (Prep)

3. Main Dough

Process Guide

My Loaf

In progress

Saved & completed

Recipe Collection

Editors Choice

Classic Sourdough Loaf

Hokkaido Milk Bread

Whole Wheat Sourdough

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Bake Details

Recipe Details

Baking progress

Ingredients

Baking Notes

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