#idk if this is super common knowledge but it helped me and my sourdough friend a lot so maybe it'll help others too

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Bread baking pro tip: ‼️🍞‼️

Is your kitchen drafty? Cold? Can't leave things on the counter bc of cats/kids/not enough space? Struggle to get your dough to rise or proof? This is the solution.

Put your dough in a cold oven to rise, with only the oven light on.

The bulb generates just enough heat for the dough to get warm, and the closed oven means no drafts can get in.

If you're like me and will forget it in there, put a sticky note or piece of scotch tape over the oven controls with an X on it as a reminder not to preheat the oven while your dough is inside.

I could never get a good rise out of my dough living in rentals with cheap drafty windows, now I pop my sourdough in the oven with the light on and get a great rise in a couple of hours.