I am soooo going to be in trouble when the wife comes home!!!!

[JennsPeeps]

The stone cracked due to a temp difference caused by one of these things:

1. You were supposed to heat up the water when you preheated the stone and the oven. That would give the stone time to absorb water as it heated inside the oven. I put boiling water in a cold oven to make my dough rise, then leave it there for the baking process later.

2. You did preheat the stone inside the oven at the same time, right??

3. Was you bread dough cold for any reason? Did you put corn meal on it to prevent sticking? Cornmeal is also another layer to protect the stone.

The good news is that you can get stone equivalents pretty inexpensively. Go to the local Big Box home supply store and pick up the largest terra cotta tiles you can find. Make sure that they're made in Italy and not glazed in any way. These are waaaay cheaper than the $40+ stones you can buy from kitchen stores.

 

[Fudgie]

OK, I can save ya. If it is pampered chef, go online and find the dealer near you, they just might have a spare lying around!

I cook on a stone all the time and cold or hot it does not matter when it is time to break it is time to break.

Tell her you were trying to surprise her with bread for supper tonight and tell her you will get online(or do this ahead of time) to
https://www.pamperedchef.com/ordering/prod_details.tpc?prodId=16723&words=stone
and buy her a new stone. OOOHHH COOL THE NEW ONES HAVE HANDLES BUILT IN

, can you buy me one too! She will be mad because I am sure it is seasoned well. But there ya go, new handles and new stone will make her happy too!

NOTE::: Don't toss the evidence, some are guaranteed for some years, not to pop like that. (I see the baking stones have a 3 year guarantee) Find that out before you destroy the evidence or you will be in double trouble.....sense the frustration that DH did that to mine!!!! I had the receipt and could have gotten it replaced but NOPE!!

Don't forget to have supper on the table when she gets home!

 

[ThreeGlovers]

Nope stone was dry. I guess that the pan with water for steam they said to put in caused it to happen. It is a very wet dough. maybe that also could have caused it to happen. Next time i will NOT preheat the stone and NOT use the steam pan and see if the bread still turns out ok.

Bo

 

[Fudgie]

Check the silverware drawer under neath the rack and see if she stashed the receipt under there. That is where I stash mine, if so get the ball rolling for a replacement or adjustment or ordering a new one.

 

[JennsPeeps]

try this recipe - I use it religiously and it's delicious. Not wet at all.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/very-basic-bread-recipe/index.html

For a yummy twist, knead in some rosemary and sprinkle the bread with kosher salt after you've brushed it with the cornstarch when baking.

 

[ThreeGlovers]

Jenn ,

I did all 3 steps you said. preheat stone and water. The stone was in the oven hot and waiting when i slid dough off a corn meal dusted stone where it had risen.

Hopefully the stone had some warrenty. if not we have two smaller ones now and I will replace it asap.

 

[JennsPeeps]

Oh well! Sometimes you do everythign right and things just don't cooperate.

 

[Dar]

this may make her feel better...

i know whe my stones have broken with no fault if my own my dealer has given me a new one for free...

i had my pizza stone shatter one day and i had it for about 4 years and as son as i put it into the oven it shattered...i called my dealer and she told me one was on its way...i got it about aweek later..

worth a try..

 

[Hackles]

Quote:
Lol! A little comfort food huh?

 

[ThreeGlovers]

heres what I have. working on making sauce. going to have the bread with spaghetti tonight.