Comments on: Beginning Baker - Whoops! http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/ Need We Say More? Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:07:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Curt McAdams http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/#comment-855 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:45:51 +0000 http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/#comment-855 Kristen, I may try that, too. I'm thinking of using an inverted clay pot with the hole plugged up as an enclosed environment, too. That would do away with spraying as well. Nick, I switched to putting the water tray on top of the baking stone on the top rack. I don't know if it makes a difference, though, as I'm still just learning a lot. I I'll have my oven fixed this weekend, I hope, and I'll be back to baking again! Kristen, I may try that, too. I’m thinking of using an inverted clay pot with the hole plugged up as an enclosed environment, too. That would do away with spraying as well.

Nick, I switched to putting the water tray on top of the baking stone on the top rack. I don’t know if it makes a difference, though, as I’m still just learning a lot. I

I’ll have my oven fixed this weekend, I hope, and I’ll be back to baking again!

]]> by: Nick http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/#comment-854 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:33:18 +0000 http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/#comment-854 I did something similar, though not quite so serious just yesterday, if only becase my oven doesn't have a window. I had the pan with boiling water directly below my baking stone - about 2" below. About 3 minutes into baking at 450, I heard a popping noise come from the oven, and I immediately realized what had happened. Now I need a new baking stone. On the plus side, the bread turned out great. I did something similar, though not quite so serious just yesterday, if only becase my oven doesn’t have a window. I had the pan with boiling water directly below my baking stone - about 2″ below. About 3 minutes into baking at 450, I heard a popping noise come from the oven, and I immediately realized what had happened.

Now I need a new baking stone. On the plus side, the bread turned out great.

]]> by: Kristen Doyle http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/#comment-853 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:44:12 +0000 http://justbaking.net/2007/03/26/beginning-baker-whoops/#comment-853 Oh no! You know what... I've been baking bread for a very long time and didn't know that you should cover the glass. I'm lucky this hasn't happened to me! S'Kat, another food blogger, gives the suggestion of putting a dutch oven filled with water in the oven for an hour as it preheats. This will create a nice humid environment for a chewy inside and a crusty outside. I tried it and it is the only method I use now! Oh no! You know what… I’ve been baking bread for a very long time and didn’t know that you should cover the glass. I’m lucky this hasn’t happened to me!

S’Kat, another food blogger, gives the suggestion of putting a dutch oven filled with water in the oven for an hour as it preheats. This will create a nice humid environment for a chewy inside and a crusty outside. I tried it and it is the only method I use now!

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