baking steel

I Baked on a Baking Steel for 6 Months and My Oven Spring Doubled

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I Baked on a Baking Steel for 6 Months and My Oven Spring Doubled

For the first two years of my sourdough journey, my loaves were flat. Not pancake-flat, but definitely not the dramatic, ear-splitting, Instagram-worthy loaves I kept seeing everywhere. I had decent flour, a healthy starter, and a solid scoring technique. Yet…

Pizza Stone vs Baking Steel vs Cast Iron: What’s Actually Worth Buying for Sourdough Pizza

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Pizza Stone vs Baking Steel vs Cast Iron: What's Actually Worth Buying for Sourdough Pizza

I want to tell you about the night I confidently slid a sourdough pizza into my oven, heard a loud crack, and watched my brand-new pizza stone split cleanly in half like it was auditioning for a dramatic movie scene. My husband walked in right at that moment, looked at the oven, looked at me, … Read more