Tag: cast iron bread pans

Turkey Tracks:  August 15, 2011

New Bread Pans

I’ve had some metal bread pans for many years now.  But, they had some sort of black coating, and it began to flake off.  Substantially flake off.  So, I tossed them into the trash.

I tried to use my glass pans, but the bread tended to stick to them, even though I liberally coated them with coconut oil.  Also, the crust just wasn’t the same.

I went online to King Arthur flour since their web site is excellent.  But, though the price was right ($15.95), their bread pan was a mixture of recycled steel and ALUMINUM.  King Arthur, what are you thinking???  Aluminum is TOXIC.  I’ve thrown out all my aluminum cook ware.  I didn’t have much, actually, as aluminum is very thin and light.  I like heavier pots and pans.  Besides, Tami made me throw out the last Asian steamer I had where the lightness was an asset.  It was time.

So, I started googling other kinds of bread pans and came up with cast iron pans that looked lovely and were already seasoned.  Here’s the web site:

http://www.campchef.com/cast-iron-bread-pan.html.  The pans came promptly and were also around $15.

And, these pans baked beautifully!!!  Look at  that beautiful loaf of my wild yeast, sourdough bread!

Delicious!