sourdough

I never get a good ear on my sourdough loafs and can't figure out why

I feel like my score is pretty deep, and I spray some water to create steam which I read should help. Any ideas?

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Three options:

Angle of the score (flatter angle generally gets you a more defined ear)
Lack of tension in shaping/bulk fermentation
Under/over proofing

My guess would be #3, how’s the crumb look? If you slice off the bottom inch the whole way across that may help to debug

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And it may be personal preference but I’d bake it for another 10-15 mins, some more color will also help the ear seem more pronounced 🙂

debug bread lol I like that

here’s the crumb, more airy than previous loafs so I assumed the fermentation was better but maybe still not enough ?

By the somewhat flat shape and the pretty uniform distribution of air pockets I'd guess underproofed actually

Other possible culprit is a not particularly active starter, you could try feeding it more often before the next batch too