The Dough Lab - Bread Baking

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.