Hi Lee!

Yep, I use Bennington.

For Quick Breads...

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. About 3-4 minutes before you're ready to add the batter to the pan...stick the pan in the oven greased but empty to preheat a bit. Take it out of the oven & pour in your batter. Don't burn yourself! The pan is hot!! This quick-starts the batter's crust & you'll end up with the moistest, most tender loaf of quick bread you've ever eaten. Keep baking times the same as the recipe states.

For Yeast Breads:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Preheat the pan as in for Quick Breads. Gently place your baguette in the preheated pan. Get it into the oven...oven pop will start quickly. I find that it takes 45 minutes to bake a white flour baguette in my green/black pan (same as yours...just different glaze). I use ice cubes & spritz with water same as any other bread.

DON'T put very cold Bennington into a preheated oven. Sometimes, in the winter, mine get very cold in the cupboards on an outside wall & I'll let them come to room temp before putting in the oven. Don't take them directly from the fridge or freezer...to reheat something, let the pan sit out of the frig for 15 minutes or so before putting it into the oven. It's OK to put leftovers directly on a dinner plate & stick in the oven. They are completly oven, d/w, fridge, microwave, & freezer safe. No lead & Made In America! Love, love, love Bennington. I've got about 150 pieces of the stuff.

Bennington is glazed so no need to soak. The glaze is practically non-stick but I still lightly grease for quick breads just as a belt/suspenders thing 'cause I HATE it when something sticks!

/tricia

Here is a link that might be useful: Mine is the green one...I've got tavernware, mustard (gold), & green/black pieces

Tricia, thank you so much. I really appreciate all your information. I have printed your answer and saved it in the recipe file on my computer. This is the only piece of Bennington I have and it is not glazed - maybe they only made the unglazed for a short time in the 1970s or 1980s when I got this piece.

It would not have occurred to me to preheat it a little but I will the next time I use it - maybe tomorrow. You know I don't bake much but I am doing more and think this is a fun piece to use. One last question, for now anyway, how high or low in the oven would be best?

I hope you are able to eat and enjoy a wider variety of food now and that your jaw problems are resolving well.

Thanks again!

Lee

Yikes! If yours isn't glazed...my instructions are probably worth exactly zilch! I would be afraid of it breaking going into a hot oven & especially without a presoaking? I started collecting Bennington in 1988 & have never had an unglazed piece of pottery from them.

Ya know, rather than follow my instructions I'd feel better if you gave Bennington a call on their 800 number.

/tricia

LOL Tricia! It is too late to call today but I sent them an email. If I don't hear back in a day or two, I'll call them. Your answer did prompt me to look at the Pampered Chef site because my DIL has a number of their unglazed bakeware pieces and loves them. Their recipes call for preheating to 350° or 375° and putting the filled loaf pan into the preheated oven. I'll wait to learn something from Bennington.

Thanks again.

L

I believe your supposed to soak this particular Bennington baguette pan in water first. .. being careful not to get the inside wet.

By the way this piece you have is not supposed to be glazed. It's a highly sought after piece

this thread is SEVEN years old!

Even though this is an old thread, I was interested to see Pampered Chef mentioned. I bought a casserole dish from Kijiji and I'm honestly not sure whether to put it in a hot oven, or to start it cold.

One thing that I've heard is that it's okay to put it from the frig into a preheated oven. I would be terrified to do that. Does anyone have any of the PC bakeware?

I agree. It's nice to see.

I don't really mind old threads. It happens. And will continue. I lost a recipe that i had posted here and did a google search with my user name and it came right up on top.

I made ice-cream because of the recent post ye olde resurrected.

Someone searching may not be familiar with the itty bitty mini date stamp.

I have PC and Superstone un-glazed. Found when i made room for the new freezer over the weekend. My Superstone has a nice patina. It will suffer thermal shock like glass bakeware. I give mine a bit of oil and wipe clean, never wash. Then place it in the oven and turn it on low heat just to get it warm to the touch. It can then handle heat as long as it is not fridge cold.

Rule of thumb is to never put any frozen foods directly on/in stoneware. I still am careful about fridge cold. I have had a few recent thermal breaks. One was warm from the microwave into a warm water bath. Maybe the glass top rim was cool-ish. I could not find anything about the PC care and usage. I just apply my Superstone cooking tips to PC.

What does it matter how old this thread is? There is very good information here! Information that newer members may not have seen. Or older members may have forgotten. :)

Rusty

We also have google image now. I was looking up and researching yesterday and images are listed with many broken un-glazed and un-happy owners. DH remembers we were soaking ours first. Being hidden downstairs we had forgotten about them. I bet i have that little 'care' card somewhere but yikes that would take forever in my once-so-organized house files.

With so much unhealthy cookware out there i like the pottery. It will absorb soap as stated on the website so it should never be used for cleaning. Glazed is fine and some is dishwasher save i think.

I'd forgotten about BenningtonPottery. Had it on my list to visit forever and wanted to add a visit on one of our road trips. Just a wee bit out of our way but not impossible.

Some of the glazes are gorgeous. I've been looking for something special for my recent obsession with custards.

I have a kitchen full of Bennington Pottery, morning glory blue,
use it daily and have only had one baking dish crack in the oven. Bennington
replaced it no questions ask. I never pre heat when using it but I do let it
sit for a while if I just take it out of the frig. I have put frozen thing in
it and it goes right in the microwave or oven without a problem. The one thing I
love about it other that I think it’s very pretty is it really keeps hot thing
hot and cold things cold.
Claudia