baking bread in a Schlemmertopf clay baker

TN_Egger · October 2017

Been wanting a cloche for a while and found this at a yard sale for $12 (also found a 6.5" Wagner CI skillet for $8). I use the Artisan Bread in 5 recipe and made two no knead boules. Preheated the oven to 450 with clay pot inside then used parchment paper as a sling to drop it into the pot. 25 minutes covered, 15 uncovered and viola! Beautiful crust - crisp but not crunchy hard and the crumb is perfect for jelly, honey, butter... It's a keeper!

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HeavyG · October 2017

Nice.

I have one that I got a few decades ago. Don't think I ever made bread in it. It's been sitting in my kitchen greenhouse window with a few plants in pots in it for the last couple of decades.