Thread: Who bakes bread?

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Not me in the picture...


Golden brown and crunchy.

You are dead on, nifty shaving, with the small Dutch oven space trapping the loaf moisture in for a nice crust.
However, just recently, I got out my French loaf pan out and used the cast frying pan with water for some great results.
On the next batch I forgot the frying pan water deal, and the crust was the same; still great. Go figure.
I also tried some oat flour with steel cut oats mixed in too. Like I said before, plain straight white is the flavor king for me, but I keep trying other stuff.

Traditional Christmas bread

Made a few baguettes for the weekend.

Nice looking loaves and slash marks.
I am now using a baking stone that I picked up years ago (1/2" x 14" x 18").
With no oven water dish, just stone and dough, I am turning out some supper breads with a nice crisp crust.
I set the formed dough on parchment paper for a short rise.
When ready to bake, I use a peel (spelling?) to side under paper and dough and then onto the hot stone. Use the same method to remove from oven.

A study in contrasts:

#2 stepdaughter (Dietician/Nutritionist) one day asked me to teach her how to bake braided challah like my mother used to make. Seen here with her first loaf.



#1 stepdaughter (Marine Biologist) asked if she could help me break open a 911 engine the day before she got married. Seen here with her first 911 un-build.



Go figure.

Originally Posted by Neckbone

Nice looking loaves and slash marks.
I am now using a baking stone that I picked up years ago (1/2" x 14" x 18").
With no oven water dish, just stone and dough, I am turning out some supper breads with a nice crisp crust.
I set the formed dough on parchment paper for a short rise.
When ready to bake, I use a peel (spelling?) to side under paper and dough and then onto the hot stone. Use the same method to remove from oven.

I picked up one of these from Amazon. I haven't had a chance to use it yet but I'll see how this bakes them next time.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

I picked up one of these from Amazon. I haven't had a chance to use it yet but I'll see how this bakes them next time.

We Use one,they work well, bye the bye, a shave ready straight makes a great Lame/

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

We Use one,they work well, bye the bye, a shave ready straight makes a great Lame/

I have used a cracked blade exclusively for this purpose for years.

Man, oh man!
How could I have missed this thread?
I'm going to bake some Irish soda bread in a couple of days. Would it be ok if I were to post the photos here?