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Dropped $75 on a fancy banneton set, my bread game finally took off
I kept fighting with my dough sticking to everything and flat loaves that looked like sad pancakes. After 6 months of that nonsense I caved and bought a set of two cane bannetons and a scoring lame for like $75 total. First try with the banneton and my sourdough actually held its shape and got that nice ear on top. The little cloth liners are a pain to clean but honestly worth it for the crust texture. My buddy still uses a mixing bowl with a tea towel and his loaves come out fine so maybe it's just me. Anyone else shell out for a specific tool that fixed a constant baking fail for them? What was the cheapest thing that made the biggest difference in your bakes?
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the_thomas24d ago
Man, I feel this in my bones. I spent months with dough sticking to everything and flat loaf after flat loaf, just getting more and more annoyed each time. Turns out my cheap proofing basket was too small and the dough was spreading out instead of up, so a proper banneton actually fixed my whole rise. For me the cheap win was a $6 dough scraper, that thing saves me every single time I shape.
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