Scoring a loaf of bread

[Chaugar]

Can you please post the recipe or link to it? Thanks.

[RecetasTrucosyTips]

this video is very useful.

thank you!

[geniusinexile]

I use a large xacto blade, works great :)

[azt3c]

why your bread is RED ??

[DarkUnleashed34]

:S :S Not good from france 

[Wookiee81]

stanley knife with a long blade works great too

[RFinkle2]

One way to avoid your cuts being 'lopsided' is to imagine yourself scoring along the middle third of the top of the bread. Thanks for the vid!

[KathyCanuel]

As long as I've been making bread (always from cookbooks), I never knew that when you slit the bread, you do it at an angle! I can't wait to try it on the loaf I'm making for dinner tonight! Thanks!

[NGC7078]

Nice video, looks great. I will try to score soon.

[casagrandecats]

Please, please, someone tell me why you have to do this! I like the way the loaf looks when you DON'T do it. What happens if you DON'T do it? Please, someone tell me.

[cornycornguy]

You don't have to do it, but it may blow out somewhere you don't expect it to. If you are happy with what you've got, don't worry about it.

[arivera3426]

@casagrandecats this is a form of controlled expansion...if you don't score it, it will look like a volcano with uneven cracks anywhere/everywhere.

[buggsies]

Thank you! I've been trying to read up on it, but it helps to see someone actually do it!

[ssgg1660]

You seem REALLY hesitant. Just take a knife and slice through the top. It's pretty hard to screw-up. (Although scoring 4 times in the same spot is a good start.) It's hard to believe this is a tutorial.

[agius39]

I found found it to be very helpful. you did a great job. Thanks.

[ironchefaustralia]

Yeah I found it a bit helpful, thanks mate

[cra640]

You could never get a job as a baker. You realy suck

[aHistoryOfViolins]

hold it a bit sideways, diagonal, and do not be afraid to cut. a fast cut works best. i always do it with a potato-knife, let the knife do the cutting, just hold it loosely. that's all, by the time you're done reading this you should've been able to cut 20 loafs of bread.