And speaking of consistency, when you're portioning dough into smaller loaves or rolls, a scale is essential for creating identical batches. Not only does a bench scraper keep your countertop clean, but it's also the ideal tool for lifting and folding sticky dough from the work surface as well as cutting dough down into portions.
A flexible bench and bowl combination can do double duty by also helping get every scrap of dough out of the mixing bowl. Sure, any bowl can work mixing up ingredients, but for dough that expands in size and can be finicky about when it's proofed long enough, a clear, graduated container can help you keep an eye on things.
A good idea to have in your oven no matter what because ovens can vary a reliable and accurate oven thermometer will tell you the exact temperature inside despite what the knob or display says it is. Once your piping hot loaves come out of the oven, you'll need a place to put them will good circulation so they cool down as soon as possible so you can eat them!
Especially if you're planning to make sandwich bread, a loaf pan is the vessel of choice for uniformly rectangular bread. If you're opting for a no-knead method, then you'll want to consider a cast iron loaf pan which can be properly heated up in the oven before placing the dough inside.
A basket designed for bread helps keep your bread's shape during that final proof and promotes a higher rise. Ensure your bread's doneness inside, and also double-check the water temperature for the yeast to do its job in the fermentation process. If you're looking for sourdough but don't have your own starter, consider sourcing some from a local bakery or online. Read more about acquiring some sourdough starter here. You just put all that work into a crusty, fluffy loaf.
Don't ruin it by squishing it with an improper slicing knife. For the truly committed, with a specialty bread knife. Otherwise, any knife with larger serration will do the job. If you're putting in the effort to bake your own bread, you might as well go all out with the best possible ingredients, and since flour plays the biggest role in any bread recipe using freshly milled flours and mixing different varieties of them will make your bread taste even better than the typical store-bought stuff.
If you're really a "from scratch" baker, you can even buy a mill and try making your own flour. Bluebird Grain Farms price varies. Farmer Ground Flour available regionally. A baking steel or stone turns your oven rack into a flat surface with even heat, basically as close to a professional bread baking oven as you can get at home.
This banneton comes with an additional silicone brush, liner, plastic cutter, and free lame. After use, simply hand-wash with warm water. Or you can use a damp tea towel. These reusable silicone lids are a great eco alternative to cling film and can be used on bowls, pots and jars, as well as food itself.
These fabric oven gloves by Waitrose work really well and took the Good Food title for best double oven gloves I would buy the cheapest casserole dish or second hand dish you can find and dedicate it to baking bread in. Discover our favourite casserole dishes. This is a great option for individuals or couples wanting a cost-efficient casserole dish for hob and oven. Bread is best left to cool on a wire rack. An extra-long rack comes in handy for baking two loaves at a time.
This stainless steel signature knife is an award-winning British design, featuring fine serrations that cut through the crustiest loaves. For even distribution of flour, a small sieve or mesh flour shaker comes in handy. These nesting sieves with stainless steel mesh are designed to sit across pans, pots and dishes and stack together for easy storage.
With a bit of force you can cut with a plastic scraper, but a stainless steel bench knife makes it easier. Try this one from VonShef for dividing your dough. For my first year baking, I wrote down basic notes for every loaf. Sourdough is alive and the same quantities of ingredients will behave differently on different days. As the longest standing member of the cookery team, food editor-at-large Barney has written, developed and tested thousands of recipes for BBC Good Food.
Find Barney on Twitter and Instagram. Best kettles best toasters 23 essential pieces of baking equipment Best microwaves Best pizza ovens Best food processors. This review was last updated in April A Dutch oven is the ideal method of mimicking these qualities at home. It effectively holds a high temperature longer than a home oven, plus it contains the steam released by the bread, assisting in lift and the formation of a nice crust.
A round six-quart model, such as the one pictured above, is a great size and shape to start with. From there, you can get a better idea of what other sizes that you may want. For those who are still learning, spraying the oven with a stream of water or dropping in ice cubes will help to mimic this step.
Plus, it makes a mean pizza to boot! What to do? Make sure that you have a high quality bread knife on hand. And no, not the model that came with that cheap Wally World knife set that you picked up for your first apartment.
A good model will slice the toughest and the softest loaves with ease and leave you with a great presentation. Mac Knife Superior Bread Knife. I also love all the knuckle clearance that this beauty provides, and this makes it a true multitasker. Read our complete guide to bread knives or check prices and reviews on Amazon. If your counter is not up to the job of rolling out dough or you want a surface that you can move over to the sink for a quick wash off, then consider a pastry board.
These are either made of marble, wood usually maple , or bamboo. Most of these feature a lip at either end that locks it to your counter or table while the opposite end acts as a backsplash. Since they are reversible, one side can be use as a cutting board and the other side can be reserved for rolling out dough. You want wood. See our cutting board guide for more information.
The John Boos model pictured above. See it now on Amazon. Ready to get bread baking? Explore our sourdough , brioche , enriched dough , and even pain paillasse recipe articles! And you can always refer to our ultimate guide to baking bread and our baking tips and tricks to answer whatever questions might remain. What are your favorite tools for baking your own rolls, loaves, and more at home?
Let us know in the comments below! See our TOS for more details. From baking muffins on a ship in West Africa and milking cows with Tanzanian Maasai, to hunting down the finest apfelstrudel in Austria, she continually seeks to understand the global impact of food. Based in Somerville, Massachusetts, Kendall helps to run a small community supported bread bakery and writes about the intersection of food, faith, and culture on her personal blog, A Vanderslice of the Sweet Life.
No special equipment required, except maybe a pastry cutter. Check out our recipe for salted rosemary einkorn breadsticks here or try this recipe for no-knead Italian breadstick twists. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Contents Necessities 1. Bowl Scraper 2. Bench Knife 3. Silicone Mat 4.
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