Any Home Bakers Here?

[BoundlessLove]

Around here, the general consensus is to stay out of each other’s business - so even a cop will overlook an illegal still of it’s not harming anyone.

He was showing it off like a new car.


I finally finished all the baking and cooking. Chili is in the fridge now.

 

[kattabelly]

I don't think the water is supposed to be boiling. Some people put a pan of ice cubes in when baking bread.

That's more about safety - chucking some ice cubes into a pre-heated tray in the bottom of the oven won't create much steam in the time it takes to pull your hand out of scalding distance. Adding hot water is fine if you're careful.

When I did a bread course with a professional baker and patissier who trained in France, he used warmish water to steam the oven for baguettes but never mentioned the water temp mattering. I'd think hotter water would be better, since the oven will take longer to get back up to temperature if you add ice.