The Dough Lab - Bread Baking

Plan and run your entire bake day in one place. Coordinate multiple batches, follow every timer and next step, and learn from every bake.

The Dough Lab is your practical baking planner for sourdough, pizza, and artisan bread.

THE LAB (NEW) Use The Lab to plan fermentation and stay on schedule:

• Track sourdough starter, levain, poolish, and biga
• See readiness states at a glance
• Get reminders for peak and ready windows
• Plan backward from your target bake time
• Build a weekly bake schedule
• Generate one shopping list across all pending bakes

PREFERMENT TRACKER Log feeds/builds once, then let the app track status:

• Sourdough/levain: Rising -> At Peak -> Past Peak
• Poolish/biga: Building -> Ready -> Past Prime
• Temperature-aware timing windows for better predictions

BAKE PLANNER + WEEK VIEW

• Add planned bakes with dates and ingredient amounts
• Filter by day in Week View with visual day dots
• Keep upcoming bakes organized in one place

SHOPPING LIST

• Automatically aggregates pending bake ingredients
• Mark pantry items and share your list
• Keep prep simple before bake day

RECIPES + BAKES

• Save and organize your own formulas
• Scale recipes and run hands-free bake sessions
• Log bakes, photos, ratings, and notes
• Learn from every bake over time

BUILT FOR HOME BAKERS

• Works offline
• iCloud sync support
• Clean, warm interface designed for real kitchen workflows

Whether you are feeding a starter for tomorrow's loaf or planning multiple bakes for the week, The Dough Lab helps you bake with better timing and less guesswork.