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David S. Cargo's Class Notes for Bread Like No Other

Recommended Bread Baking Equipment

These are tools that I have found to be extremely useful for baking good bread.

  1. Oven thermometer — to verify that an oven is really at the desired temperature.
  2. Direct read thermometer — to read the internal temperature of baking bread and for the liquid used in mixing the dough.
  3. Rolling pin — for making several different kinds of bread products.
    • Pan loaves
    • Pizza
    • Cinnamon Rolls
  4. Baking Parchment
  5. Appropriate pans
  6. Dough scraper
  7. Bench knife

Recommended Cookbooks

These are cookbooks that I frequently use as starting points.

Recommended Web Sites

Sites about specialized topics

bigas (1, 2, 3)

poolish (1, 2)

levain (1)