Comments on: Tools: Baking Bang for Your Buck

By: Janknitz

Janknitz — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:05:01 +0000

You can have a perfect steam set up for as little as a dollar (not a very romantic gift, though ;o) by buying a large foil roasting pan at the dollar store. Cover your dough with that for the first half of baking on the stone and it steams perfectly using the dough’s own hydration. I even found buffet size foil pans at Cash & Carry (Smart & Final) which are long enough for covering baguettes.

By: Karen K

Karen K — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:23:55 +0000

Perfect list. I don’t do the towel and lava rock thing, but I follow a combo of Reinhart’s and Amy’s Bread processes. A small bread pan with ice cubes in advance and then boiling water into a pan after I introduce the loaf.

My essentials also include brotforms. One thing I don’t have and I would like to add is the linen thingy for baguettes into my kitchen.

I also use a plant sprayer for the first 10 minutes of baking. I once took a bread making class where the instructor used a super soaker. It was cool but I wouldn’t want to risk it on my oven window.

By: Karen K

Karen K — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:23:22 +0000

My essentials also include brotforms. One thing I don’t have and I would like to add is the linen thingy for baguettes into my kitchen.

By: Dewi

Dewi — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:52:33 +0000

The only thing I have to do now is making this steamer

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:02:45 +0000

I don’t have the steam setup but I have everything else. I wish I had a bigger oven. It’s the thing I miss most from my old house.

This is a great list. Everyone should have digital scales. I can’t imagine cooking without them. Flour measurements can be off by up to 40% measuring by cup.