Built around the jobs sourdough bakers actually do
Learn which variables make your best loaves
Log room and dough temp, hydration, inoculation, bulk and cold retard hours, and a rating. The Dashboard groups your bakes and averages the score for each group.
Temps, hydration, ratingBest-loaf patternsKeep every starter healthy
Log feeds with peak time, rise, smell and bubbles. A health rating fills in, and days since last feed turn red after 14.
Peak time, riseStarter healthGet hydration right, levain included
Forward mode turns flour weight, hydration, salt and inoculation into grams. Audit mode checks what you actually used, counting the flour in the levain.
Flour, hydration %Gram weightsPlan bake day by the clock
Enter mix time, bulk hours, folds, retard and bake time to get clock times for every step. A built-in chart predicts bulk time from dough temp and inoculation.
Mix time, dough tempStep-by-step timesFigure out what went wrong
Pick a symptom like gummy or flat and see the average hydration, room temp and bulk time of your bakes that had it.
SymptomYour averagesSell loaves at a real margin
Cost each loaf with flour, ingredients, packaging and labor, take orders, and track sales against your state's cottage food cap. Hobby bakers can leave these tabs empty.
Costs, orders, salesMargin per loaf16 tabs in one file
- Start Here
- Dashboard
- Bake Log
- Starter Log
- Recipe Library
- Hydration Calc
- Timeline
- Discard Log
- Flour Inventory
- Troubleshooting
- Orders
- Sales Log
- Expenses
- Tax Planner
- Cash Flow
- Settings
- Start Here
- Setup steps, color key and a tour of every tab.
- Dashboard
- Bake patterns, starter health, sales and flour to reorder.
- Bake Log
- Every variable for every bake, with a rating.
- Starter Log
- Feeds, peak time, rise and an automatic health rating.
- Recipe Library
- Baker's percentage recipes with optional cost per loaf.
- Hydration Calc
- Forward and audit hydration math, levain included.
- Timeline
- Bulk time prediction and a clock-time bake schedule.
- Discard Log
- Discard jars with use-by dates and status.
- Flour Inventory
- Flour stock, cost per kg and reorder alerts.
- Troubleshooting
- Common problems matched against your own bakes.
- Orders
- Customer orders with pickup and paid status.
- Sales Log
- Loaf sales with margin and cottage food cap progress.
- Expenses
- Baking costs matched to Schedule C lines.
- Tax Planner
- Quarterly estimated tax with self-employment tax (Form 1040-ES).
- Cash Flow
- Twelve months of sales and expenses.
- Settings
- Starter names, kitchen temp, cottage cap and dropdowns.
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Before you buy
I don't sell bread. Will the selling tabs get in the way?
No. Skip the Orders, Sales Log, Expenses and Tax Planner tabs and use the rest as a bake journal. The Dashboard's selling section just shows zeros.
I keep more than one starter. Does it handle that?
Yes. Name your starters on the Settings tab, and the Dashboard shows feeds, average peak time and days since last feed for each one.
How many bakes before the patterns mean anything?
It works from the first bake and gets more useful around 8 to 10.
What do I get?
An Excel file (.xlsx), a filled-in sample to look at, and a quick-start PDF guide with a link that makes your own copy in Google Sheets.
How does delivery work?
You get your download links right after checkout, and Stripe emails your receipt. There is nothing to ship and nothing to wait for.
How do I set it up in Google Sheets?
Open the quick-start PDF and click the Google Sheets link. Google makes a copy in your own Drive that only you can edit. You need a free Google account.
Will it work on a Mac?
Yes. It works in Excel on Mac and Windows, and in Google Sheets in any browser.
I'm not a spreadsheet person. Is that a problem?
No. You only type in the yellow cells. Everything in gray works itself out, and the Start Here tab shows you where to begin.
Can I get a refund?
Templates are digital downloads, so sales are final. If a file won't open, is broken or doesn't match its description, email hello@cleanpixelstudios.com within 30 days and we'll fix it, or refund you if we can't.
What if I get stuck?
Email hello@cleanpixelstudios.com and we'll help you get it working.
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