Are Bread Proofing Baskets Worth Buying?
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I’m with Mark Bittman: no banneton!
I$US19.00 for 1 x 9 inch banneton ? Bit rich.
I purchased 2 x 10 inch wicker bannetons on Amazon Aus. for $AU29.00 = $US18.00 approx.
You’re meant to moisten them with water and then a light coating of rice flour and the dough will simply release when banneton is flipped.
I can't tell you how offensive it is that ATK is still promoting this mask agenda. Those of us in healthcare, actual essential workers, risked their lives during the global pandemic. But, that was 4 years ago. Why does EVERY recent YT vid feature these prep chefs wearing 'face coverings'? There are zero CDC guidelines or public health advisories that support the masking of the lay public. If you were actually afraid of spreading a killer disease, shouldn't everyone on set be wearing a mask? Not just the minions? And if there were an actual public health emergency, ONE of these people should even be at work! Stop it. TODAY!
Breadtopia doesn't market the rattan/cane banetton any longer; theirs is now a wood-pulp version.
I heard painting on a flour paste to season the cane bannetons will help avoid sticking. Gonna try this soon!
I agree. The winner has worked very well for us!
I feel a bit misled by the title of this video. A review is fine, but the video asked IF they are necessary for bread baking. Would have been nice to see how colanders and mixing bowls worked in comparison.
I love you, Bridget!
Breadtopia has been around forever. That's where I got into sourdough and got my first benneton.
A flour sack towel and a 1.5 qt. mixing bowl creates a great round boule.
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I use love making my own bread and pizza dough. Now I’m diabetic and can’t eat that stuff. But I make it occasionally for my friends
Perhaps you should change the misleading title…
That one with the attached cloth – do you just never wash the cloth?
They fail to mention that while you don't really need a round one, as any bowl will do really to make a boule, but if you want to make bâtards, then you'll def need to one to shape those.
The recipe I designed gets flips and folds and back into a glass bowl until the final flip and fold. Then it does the last rise in the base of a Le Creuset tagine, where it gets baked. The surface on their tagine makes the best crust, ever.
Answer: no
Of course they never answered the question if it’s worth buying, which means, no, it’s not. Use the same mixing bowl to rest and make your own design if you choose to make it fancy.
I've been considering buying one for gluten free bread baking. But now I wonder if I need one since it helps with gluten forming and I'll be making gluten free bread.
Or, you could take your money and throw it in the garbage.
Same results.
That wood pulp probably has pfas
This isn’t for me but it was a good learn…
I only make sourdough, and I do a 3 day cold ferment.
I wouldn't want to try making my bread w/o my bannetons.
I don't use the liners and the bannetons livein the freezer between bakes.
Waste of money unless you are a professional baker that figured out you can charge more for bread with a pattern on it. Ask Archie Bunker about the French.🤣🤣🤣🤣
😮😅 no silicone review
Those are some sad looking boules ngl lol
Here's a one "word" answer to the question. LOL.
I use a small oval bread basket and a round plastic bowl. Lined with a flour coated tea towel. Never had sticking issues and always turns out great. Space, money and why?
Not really.
As always you have much info to share thankyou. God bless
I only use them for high hydration breads like sourdough. I do not use a liner I dust with rice flour and use a pastry brush to remove excess before baking.
ATK needs to work on their bread baking. Those are definitely not Instagrammable
My banneton cost $85 so my bread is better than yours.
Oval banneton is the way to go.
Thank you!
It's an overpriced one-purpose gadget that needs to be cleaned more extensively and often has a liner that has to be laundered. It doesn't give better results than a glass or metal container and is much less food safe. This video could have been much shorter if you had answered your own question with "No"
Meh, I use the same mixing bowl for proofing (ATK's winning metal mixing bowl), and it has been just fine.