I set a 3 AM alarm for my sourdough, and it let me down | Baking Fails And Wins

Matthew Clark · 2026-03-03T16:31:22.743754+00:00

The recipe said it would be ready by morning, but the dough was still flat. Now I have no bread for the family gathering today.

pat_murray535mo ago

Did you check the dough's temperature, because @lee18 has a point about everything refusing to follow a schedule?

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miles_robinson206mo ago

See, that's the worst part when a recipe gives you a false timeline. Sourdough has its own schedule and it just doesn't care about your plans. What are you even supposed to tell everyone now?

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stone.daniel6mo ago

Tell them the yeast gods said no.

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lee186mo ago

Sourdown failures just show how much daily life runs on false promises. Recipes, traffic reports, even people saying they'll be on time. It's all guesswork dressed up as a plan. Stone.daniel is right about the yeast gods, but really it's everything refusing to follow a schedule. The dough just does what it wants, like the rest of the world.

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