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Made a little loaf in a disposable foil mini loaf pan (which I reuse over and over). Because pork belly is so rich, I decided that they needed to be small sandwiches. With gorgonzola and mayo, and the sandwiches warmed through on Steam Bake for a few minutes, they were so good that I had three.

Recently purchased this oven after deciding that the Anova Precision Oven was too big and too finicky (wifi). After reading the very long, 3 part, egullet thread on the Cuisinart Convection Steam Oven, I decided it was perfect for me.

This oven is small. Baking tall loaves requires a careful watch for burning tops. Since my bread of choice is ciabatta, this is less of a problem. So far, no problem. I continue to prefer to divide my dough into roll size portions, about 125g, refrigerate in small containers, and bake one as needed. I prefer this as opposed to baking all and freezing.

I am not so sure about proofing using the Steam function at 100º (lowest temp). So far, my loaves have signs of overproofing using this. So I continue to use my adjustable heating mat inside the TV cabinet. 

So, I have been using the Bread function, 450º 11 minutes. In the Bread function, the oven uses steam initially. I find this works well. This is a crumb shot of a roll. Very happy.

BTW, Cuisinart has discontinued this oven. Amazon still sells new and "refurbished" units. I bought a refurbished unit because the price was so good, $135. And it looks like new, never used. Now the price of a refurbished unit dropped to $119 and I am debating whether or not to buy a back up. It is great for steaming/baking and reheating other food. 

My first post at TFL, blog or otherwise. Long time lurker. My favorite bread is ciabatta and my favorite form is the roll for sandwiches. I was buying the artisan rolls at Costco but wanted lighter, more ciabatta-like rolls. I found that making rolls is a lot harder than making ciabatta slippers, which I was getting pretty good at, thanks to TFL, before switching to rolls.

So I found these little pint size tubs online, 3" square on bottom, 4" square on top, 2 1/2" high, and thought these might work. So far, with 3 bakes, my rolls are more square.