I am new to baking sour dough. It took several tries before I got it right. On the first try, the loaves were rising beautifully but the dog ate them. The next time, the dough spread out and the loaves were flat. Then I tried a proofing basket but the dough stuck to the basket and deflated. Then I made a thin paste of water, rye and potato flour to coat the baskets. I did 4 coats. (Only need to do this once with new baskets or after you clean them). Then I dusted the baskets and boules with rice flour. The boules popped right out but no oven spring. So I did less proof on the next batch. Those loaves came out perfect. Great oven spring. Delicious bread, nice appearance. Thank you, KA, for precise recipes and posting comments so that I could improve each time.

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