yeah I think it’s a bit thicker. and crunchier, a little more body. not where I want it to be yet though. but a little better.

thicker crust? maybe a little? not dramatically tho

wow they did not want to come off the baking tray - this is new. but there’s nothing burned. i think (hope?) this is thicker crust meshing with the tray

warm

i stuck with ice cubes but did use more ice cubes this time

and ovened

let’s see how she doooooo

almost oven time ^_^

I am doing slab to it but slab is a little bigger than I thought so I has a concern

they grow up so quickly

sleeby dough

same same rly

@moz baking away! After cleaning it off by hand (and wire wheel, that blue shit doesn't wanna come off lol), it's going for 40 minutes at 230°C. Should be plenty.

@moz ...now that's a good thought. I could even do it in the little materials oven first. Thanks!

(It's a lightly modified toaster oven, I gave it more thermal mass and insulation for temperature stability, works pretty well.)

@moz I exaggerated, of course - I'm mostly thinking of what might be included _with_ the aluminium. E.g., the blue dye that I could clean off first, but ... what else might not be so visible? I just don't know.

@Radiojane I haven't had any issues with uneven baking at all when adding the ice cubes as I add the loaves. (Yes, I do have the pan in place during preheating. It's nice and hot and steam is generated - it just doesn't have much in the way of mass. But I have another one with more mass which I'm going to try today.)

Boiling water is interesting tho'. I do have an electric kettle, I could try that.

@moira If you have a cast iron skillet, you can put that in the bottom of the oven for the ice cubes. That works pretty well. #baking #baguettes

i also have some 1/4" aluminium sheets, do I put in a heavier tray _and_ one of those sheets? or is that going to do something bad like put aluminium in my baguettes?

kinda like the appearance of the longer one more

let's see how they cool

the long cut loaf really rounded out here

very interesting