Artisan Loaves Of Bread Made At Home So Easily!

This time of year I always get a hankering for fresh bread. I think it's because the evenings start to get nice and cool and a slice of warm bread is always a comforting thing when I am chilly.

I love baking bread and shaping the loaves in proofing baskets. It's super easy and I love having unique loaves of bread to share with my family & friends.

Two nice proofing baskets I have recently tried out are from Bread Story. One is for a large 10 Inch Round Banneton and the other is a 10 Inch Oval Banneton.

Both of these proofing baskets are made from handmade, hand-crafted unbleached natural rattan cane that is eco-friendly, food-safe, and non-toxic and can hold up to three pounds of dough. That's a good deal of dough for a good large loaf! The nice thing is, you can also use these to make smaller loaves too.

Both baskets come with a removable cloth liner that you can place the dough on top for a loaf without ring marks, or use to cover the basket as the dough rises to insure that the dough gets shaped to the rings of the basket giving them an artisan look.

The round one also comes with a flexible dough or bowl scraper, and both come with an ebook on baking sourdough bread, baking class discount, instructions, and future coupon to use. The ebook has tips and recipes to help in using these proofing baskets for all kinds of great loaves of bread and how to care for them for continued long-term use.

Using the baskets is easy. When you first get them you need to spray them on the inside with water to get them damp, but not soaking wet. A spritzer kind of bottle sprayer is perfect for this. Then coat the basket inside with a good coating of flour. What this does is "season" the basket to prevent the dough from sticking. You might have to do this once or twice more to get a good layer of flour built up inside the baskets, but it is worth it. The loaves of bread that can be shaped in these are so nice to have for special events and everyday use! If you are careful with these, you can get years of use out of them.

We really enjoy bread made in these proofing baskets. The loaves come out nice and ready bake. They look fantastic sitting on the table ready to serve or with several of these in a basket. Oh and one tied in plastic with a ribbon and card makes a really nice gift!

You can purchase the Bread Story 10 Inch Round Banneton HERE!
You can purchase the Bread Story 10 Inch Oval Banneton HERE!

This reviewer received the product free or at a discounted price in order to bring you an honest review. No other form of compensation was given. All opinions are those of the reviewer.

The Yilove Silicone Bread Mold Is Fantastic

Baking bread is something I have always loved to do. I learned at a young age helping my Mom and Grandma while they made bread. But one thing I have never liked is how slow it is when I want to make lots of bread or special sized bread.

The Yilove Non-stick Perforated Silicone Bread Baking Mold is helping me with that! I really, really like this mold a lot!

The silicone is so easy to work with. It is light weight, easy to store and can handle abuse a lot better than my glass or metal pans can. It is so easy to use. No grease is needed at all and it can be put in the dishwasher or washed by hand. The mold can tolerate heat up to 482° and down to -40°, so it will handle pretty much every kind of bread recipe (not dessert breads though) that you can find.

There are four sections in the mold, which means that I can make four small loaves of bread at one time. This is perfect for what our family needs for special meals and saves me a lot of time and energy. The whole mold is about 10" wide and 12" long. Each of the depressions in the mold to shape the bread are about 9" long and 3" wide. This size makes the perfect sized small loaf for filling a bread basket on the table. My guys like the size for making subs at home and for cutting in half to make garlic bread for dipping into their spaghetti sauce.

One thing that is really nice about this mold is the mesh of the silicone. Since it is a small weave mesh, the air flow of the heat in the oven bakes the bread more evenly and a little faster than traditional pans. I was thrilled with how nice and evenly brown the bread was. You do need to place the mold on a sheet pan because it is so flexible. When you take the bread out of the oven, it just pops right out of the mold with very little effort. My biggest problem is finding the exact amount of dough to keep the sizes of the loaves consistent. I'm getting there, but my family doesn't really care. They just love the bread!

The bread comes out of the mold with a really nice, evenly browned crust and a soft interior. It is really nice and we are loving it. I know there will be a lot more fresh bread at here now. I highly recommend this to you!

You can purchase the Yilove Non-stick Perforated Silicone Bread Baking Mold HERE!

This reviewer received the product free or at a discounted price in order to bring you an honest review. No other form of compensation was given. All opinions are those of the reviewer.

Baking With Rhodes Could Not Be Easier

I love to bake, and most of my friends do as well. But all of us will admit we like to find ways of baking that are easier and faster than good old fashioned baking.

That's where Rhodes Bake-N-Serve comes in so handy! It tastes like good old home baked goodness, yet takes a lot less time and energy! Rhodes offers a lot of wonderful products that your whole family will love and you will love because of the ease of preparing them and the variety of ways you can use their products!

Recently Rhodes sent me some goodies to try out through Tryazon! I was excited about it, and then sadly found out not too many of the stores near me carry a good variety of the Rhodes products. I had a limited selection. But I still was able to make some up and share with some good friends! (You can find out what Rhodes products are sold in your area HERE!)

The products they carry are many! The list includes all kind of dinner rolls, traditional breads, warm-n-serve, variety of flavored sweet rolls, biscuits, and now even microwave cinnamon rolls. Every single one of the products can be made as is from the package, or you can go through their vast list of recipes, that all look yummy, and find one you know your family will enjoy! (A list of all the recipes can be found HERE!)

My friends enjoyed the rolls a lot! They are flavorful, easy to make, and so good!! We had a few simple recipes and loved them all. Like I said, they were easy to make and took very little time to do. I can't love that part more!!

Check out all the fantastic products from Rhodes, a company that stands behind their products and you can trust! Follow along with them on their website, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest (which is my favorite place to keep up with all the extra tips and tricks)!

This reviewer has been compensated with receiving the product free in order to bring you an honest review. All opinions are those of the reviewer.