How to Make Bread Crust More Brown
Making your own fresh home made bread is a satisfying experience that fills your house with wonderful aroma. Professional bakeries have specialized bread baking ovens that differ from household ovens in several respects that create a better crust with deeper and more even browning. Although installing a professional grade bread oven in your home may be impractical, you can achieve many of the same oven conditions at home with a few simple techniques and by using items you may already have in your kitchen. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Oven thermometer
- Pizza stone
- Cast iron skillet
- Water
- Ice cubes
- Bread dough
- Flour
- Glass bread pan
Instructions
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Place a pizza stone at the bottom of your oven. This will aid in creating an even heat throughout your oven.
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Place a cast iron skillet on the bottom rack of your oven. This will also assist in ensuring an even temperature in the oven and also provide a place to add water at the beginning of the baking process to add steam to the baking environment.
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Install an external oven thermometer to monitor the temperature of your oven. Some household ovens may not have proper thermostat calibration and therefore should be supplemented with an external thermometer.
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Preheat your oven to the appropriate temperature for your bread recipe.
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Moisten the prepared bread dough with a little water and then sprinkle some flour over the top of the loaf.
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Place the prepared bread dough in a glass pan. Do not us an aluminum pan as its shiny surface may deflect some heat and hinder the crust's browning.
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Place the loaf in the preheated oven and place a handful of water or a few ice cubes into the cast iron skillet and then immediately shut the oven door. This moisture in the oven for the first minutes of baking is essential to developing a crispy and brown crust.
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References
- Photo Credit bread image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
