Bake Schedule Planner — Work Backwards from When You Eat

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Eat at: hour 0–23

…minute

Feed the starter / preferment min

Mix and rest min

First rise, as the recipe gives it min

Shape min

Second rise, or the fridge min

Bake min

Cool min

Recipe assumes a dough at °C

Your dough will be at °C

Enter when you want to eat and how long each stage takes, then press Calculate.

From the book — Chapter 7. Do the sums in minutes. Every 8 °C warmer halves a rise; every 8 °C cooler doubles it. And when the plan does not fit your day, stretch the fridge — never the bake.

The 8-degree rule is a baker's rule of thumb for roughly 15 to 32 °C. Set a stage to 0 to leave it out. Template B, the schedule: Print the blank sheets (PDF). Everything stays in your browser — no sign-up, nothing stored.