To bake 5 sourdough loaves as efficiently as possible with my one Dutch oven in my home gas oven, I tried a process I’m calling “chain baking”.
The first loaf goes in the preheated Dutch oven, then 20 minutes later, I move it to a quarter sheet pan in the oven for its “open” bake and load another scored boule into the DO, continue to bake for 20 minutes and repeat. I did the math, and this way saves me an hour of baking time!
And if you’re wondering why one of the loaves is shaped differently, the simple answer is because I only have 4 round bannetons 😂
by thecookingofjoy
9 Comments
Impressive!
Can you go more into your set up? Like how does it all fit in your oven and still bake evenly?
I did three different breads a week ago that I timed to all be ready to bake sequentially after work 🤘
I love the pattern on the rounds! Nice job on the timing.
Beautiful. Doesn’t cause eating
I was looking to start making 6 a day and only have 1 dutch oven. This is perfect. It also keeps the bottom from getting overly dark. Thanks.
I needed to learn this yesterday when I baked 7 with the same setup!
Did this for a while!
This is very innovative, such beautiful loafs! With that being said, most thrift stores have a kitchen section, so it’s not necessary to suffer like that. I’ve been buying pyrex backing dishes in all shapes and sizes from Goodwill lately. There’s all kinds of baking gear in those stores…