July 19, 2024 - 9:53pm
20240719 Walmart toaster oven graniteware bake - Berliner Landbrot with CLAS
Hi friends!
I want to share how I bake decent loaves in this mighty toaster oven. Here’s what I do:- Place the TRAY (not the rack) in the lowest slot.
- Put the graniteware roaster (15" oval end-to-end) directly on the TRAY.
- Line the roaster with a layer of aluminum foil.
- Put the lid on the roaster.
- Seal the oven glass from the inside with a large piece of heavy-duty aluminum foil.
- Cold oven, no preheat
- Toast
- 450°F x 15 minutes, check
- 450°F x 15 minutes, check
- 450°F x 15 minutes, check
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Check more frequently or lower the temperature if you’re not baking lean bread. If the loaf is turning too dark when you check, cover the top of the loaf or the bottom of the roaster with more foil. Don’t worry about opening the oven door - the oven heats up quickly and retains heat well. After baking, blast a super fan/air mover at the oven and turn on the range hood. This cools down the oven and its surrounding area within minutes!That's it!
A big thank you to Precaud for recommending this oven! It makes breadmaking less annoying and more bearable!
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Nice!!! I never thought of using a graniteware roaster in one. Edit to add: brilliant use of foil to minimize heat loss through the glass, same as done in the bread machine.
Toaster ovens seem under-appreciated for bread making. When we lived in AZ, ours was a life saver in summer, and again during a kitchen remodel. I baked pan loaves (not shown, I used a twin size pan as a lid for the first part of the bake) and also a boule, using a cast iron griddle and a stainless steel bowl as a lid. (Should have greased the bowl a little bit, that loaf spread a little and stuck to the lid in one spot). And it came in really handy after foot surgery. Reaching into the regular oven wasn't happening while I was using a knee scooter for a few months. The trusty toaster oven was pulled out of storage and our bread supply remained uninterrupted.
Mary
Hi Yippee,
So glad to read your report!! And I love the nice top cracks and crumb on your rye loaf. Amazing.
I also bought the WM toaster oven (thanks Precaud) and I will use it again this weekend.
I burned my first loaf in the granite roaster with the toaster oven but I will apply your method. I heard about foil used with the roaster, but it was placed with shiny side facing down on the outside of the granite roaster.
Are you saying line the inside of the roaster with foil and the dough will go on top of it?? Did you insert the crumb tray too?
I needed this solution!!
I've always used the foil trick on my toaster oven window, but it never occurred to me to do the same for the bread machine until Precaud suggested it. (Thanks again for the tip, Precaud!) It's no shock that toaster bakes don't get much love compared to big oven bakes, but the Walmart toaster oven is a game changer.
Jo_en: I've updated the post to show the exact setup. Let me know if you have any questions.
Yippee