Re: Bread sticking to pan

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> Barry Harmon wrote:
>> Dick Margulis <margulisd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>> news:D9qdneddsMX48QLVnZ2dnUVZ_gOdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> eclipsme wrote:
>>>> I am a beginning bread maker who is just beginning to be able to
>>>> reliably bake a nice whole wheat bread. I read here about using
>>>> steam to help with the oven spring, and tried just pouring water on
>>>> the baking stone to make the steam, and into a cast iron frying
>>>> pan, etc. I stopped after reading of the harmful effects to my oven.
>>>>
>>>> Lately I have been dripping water onto the loaves for their las rise
>>>> as well as just before putting them in the oven. The idea is to keep
>>>> the crust soft enough to allow the loaf to expand.
>>>>
>>>> 2 questions - any comments on this method and even if I am helping
>>>> anything at all by doing it, and 2nd, the water tends to get between
>>>> the dough and the pan. When baked this causes the bread to stick to
>>>> the pan.
>>>>
>>>> I have a hunch there is a better way...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Harvey
>>> You can brush water onto the rising loaf with a large pastry brush
>>> (this looks like a bristle paint brush, with bleached bristles and a
>>> blond wood handle. It's made to withstand wa****ng with soap and
>>> water, with a waterproof rubber ferrule. You buy it at a restaurant
>>> supply store, not a hardware store. Get a large one, at least two
>>> inches, preferably bigger.
>>>
>>> To prevent sticking, grease the pan properly. Use lard or Crisco or
>>> some other solid shortening, not oil, and don't skimp.
>>>
>> Go to an auto supply store and buy an automatic transmission funnel.
>> It's about 18 inches long and will cost about $5.
>>
>> Place a baking pan on the floor of the oven before you heat the oven.
>>
>> Heat a cup of water so it will boil when you are ready to put the
>> bread in the oven.
>>
>> After you put the bread in the oven, use the funnel to pour the
>> boiling wter into the pan, then close the door.  The distance of the
>> funnel will beep you from betting scalded by hot water va****.
>>
>> Barry
> 
> Barry,
> The OP said he had read about harmful effects to the oven of putting
water 
> into a  pan to produce steam (????) and so had gone to this method of 
> dripping.   We need to find out about the harmful effects and method
that he 
> is talking about.  It may have been something that he misunderstood.
> Janet 
> 
> 
Hi Janet,
Have you tryed a garden sprayer . It will give you a more even coverage.
Peggy