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Remember my Loaf Pans?

13 years ago

I christened one that I picked up on Freecycle. This is my honey whole-wheat bread.

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alisande
13 years ago
That looks SO good!!
sheilajoyce_gw
13 years ago
Mmmmm, get the butter out. I'll be right over!
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I have mixed glazes on my Bennington...high-gloss green/black agate, flat mustard, & tavern. It's hard to get a decent picture of the high-gloss or at least it is with our photo skills. lol The bowl in the pix is huge. I have used that bowl to bake dozens of large artisan breads for group gatherings at our marina. Pardon the apple juice container & paper towels! The grand kiddos were anxious to eat & putting their juice on the table was a signal to me, "Hurry it up, Grammy! We're hungry!" /tricia
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It is the glaze that is cracked, or crazed. You can't feel it, but it is cracked just the same. I wouldn't use them for cooking. Bacteria gets in and stays. also, could cause and explosion in your oven next time you use them if the filling or liquid soaks down into the clay part and then heats up. I am a potter and know all about clays cracking in the oven. Happened more than once here. They were probably those cheap walmart pans you find at the holiday time. I see them every year, look so cute with a pie or cake mix in it and all wrapped up pretty to be a gift. Not really usable though. Same with some pans you will find dollar stores. They come from china and unless they are well made and the clay and glaze are of the same quality you will get those tiny hairline cracks. I have some of my pottery that I do use even though it is cracked. I just use them for fruit or something NOT liquid and I do not bake in them. Usually pottery is dishwasher safe and oven safe if made properly. For what it's worth.
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Georgysmom
13 years ago
Looking mighty good......I love the pan. too.
OklaMoni
13 years ago
Where was it again that you live??? I wanna come over too. :)

Moni
Lindsey_CA
13 years ago
And you're giving ME the loaf pans -- right???

Those loaf pans are so dang cute and the bread looks really, really good, too!
dollydolots
13 years ago
Darn! There goes my diet again!
I'll bring the butter and be right over!
Dolly
patti43
13 years ago
That is one beautiful loaf of bread! The pans AND the baker did good!
Pieonear
13 years ago
Looks wonderful!
User
13 years ago
Yum! What size are those pans? They're so nice!!!
foggyj
13 years ago
You did a great job....on the pans, and, the bread!
luckygardnr
13 years ago
Nanner, nanner, nanner! I live closer to her than the rest of you guys! LOL! Wait for me, Jas, I'm coming!!!!!!!!!!!!
donna37
13 years ago
Oh boy, does that ever look scrumptious. Yummmmmmm!
dotmom
13 years ago
Oh, WOW! Now that looks so yummy.
Not to hi-jack your post, but my tale of honey-wheat bread. We used to buy frozen honey-wheat bread dough and bake it, all of the family just loved it. Then I had a temporary lay off from my job so I decided to try to make my own at home, so I bought all the makings, including a large jar of dry yeast. I mixed up the first batch, let it raise, put it in the pans, let it raise again, then out it in the oven. MMMM the smell was so good. When the time was up, took the pans out of the oven and they were flat. After a short cooling time took them out of the pans and they looked like bricks.
I repeated this several times with the same outcome. My son, Brian finally said if I made enough of these we could build a BBQ. LOL They tasted good, just......flat. That was the end of my home made bread making, until I got a bread machine, years later.
Jasdip, THAT is what a loaf of bread should look like. Pans are cute too. Good going!
phyllis__mn
13 years ago
I loved your pans, but they are even better with the bread in them.
Marilyn Sue McClintock
13 years ago
Don't forget me your adopted Mother! At least I get a slice or two! Great job and I'll bet that it tasted really good too.

Sue
nicole__
13 years ago
Good job!
Jasdip
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks guys!!! :D

Dotmom, you know you can hijack my thread anytime!

I'm wondering if your bread over-proofed.
I'm NOT a baking expert, but I do know that if it had risen to much, it will fall in the oven.

I have to watch that I don't let it rise too far above the edges of my pans, because I watch it rise more when it hits the heat of the oven. Over-proofing will make it rise in the heat and then collapse.
ruthieg__tx
13 years ago
Beautiful..That looks so good...the ceramic baker and the bread.........I have a honey wheat recipe that I use and it is so good. I got it from Annie at the Harvest forum and we just love it.
debnfla8b
13 years ago
I love the loaf pan and that is a beautiful loaf of bread. I have also been making this recipe and it is really a good one. I'll divide the dough into one loaf and 9 rolls. The rolls are sooooooo good split open and butter put in them right out of the oven. My daughter Jessica has enjoyed having them almost everyday while she is here for the holidays.

Deb
Jasdip
Original Author
13 years ago
Ruthie, that's the recipe I use as well.
You and I have both posted here a few times. Easy and delicious.

I always cut the recipe in half and use the bread-maker to make the dough. I'm always telling myself to make the full recipe and use Brigette (my KA mixer), and making 2 loaves.

Now that I have 4 ceramic loaf pans, I'm able to make 2 loaves!

The idea of rolls sounds good too Deb!
debnfla8b
13 years ago
My Cadillac(my KA mixer) handles the full recipe with ease. It is only the Ultra Power, 4 1/2 quart KA, not the bigger model and makes the prettiest dough! I lovingly call the KA The Cadillac of the kitchen..hahahaha! Those rolls are really good!

Deb
joyfulguy
13 years ago
Hi Lucky G ...

... pick me up on the way,

O.K.?

o j

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