Some bread porn

Two loaves from the same dough. 70% KA bread flour, 15% Einkorn and 15% Hard White Wheat, with the addition of ~ 3 heaping Tbs of diastatic malt powder. 72% hydration.

Each loaf was cooked in a different clay vessel. The one with the single score down the middle was cooked in Breadtopia’s clay baker, and the other loaf (with two diagonal scores) were baked in a Pampered Chef clay baker. The Pampered Chef baker is decidedly heavier, and always makes for a darker loaf.

Both loaves were started at 500ºF for ten minutes, then turned down to 485ºF for the remainder of a 40 min. bake. Lid on entire time.

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Beautiful loaves Bill.
Benny

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Got some good oven spring there. Very nice indeed!

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Beautiful bread!

I’ve been baking on the same pizza stone since the 1980s (thank you Carl Oshinsky The Pizza Gourmet), but have been thinking lately of using a clay baker. You’re inspriational, thanks for posting!

Dave

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