Baking bread with a Toaster Oven? Has anyone tried baking homemade yeast bread with a toaster oven? I'm looking at the Hamilton Beach 31199R Countertop 1.1 cubic foot convection oven. With 2 racks, it looks a lot roomier than a lot of the other toaster ovens. Baking bread with a Toaster Oven? Has anyone tried baking homemade yeast bread with a toaster oven? I'm looking at the Hamilton Beach 31199R Countertop 1.1 cubic foot convection oven. With 2... » Read More Baking bread with a Toaster Oven? Has anyone tried baking homemade yeast bread with a toaster oven? I'm looking at the Hamilton Beach 31199R Countertop 1.1 cubic foot convection oven. With 2 racks, it looks a lot roomier than a lot of the other toaster ovens. « Show Less
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I recently started baking my own bread using this Hamilton Beach oven and it works great. Timing matches with what the website recipes call for. Very pleased with it. Only problem is that if you are trying to bake Italian bread or baguettes, check the size of your pans. Interior dimensions are roughtly 12x12 or a trifle bigger so take that into account as well.
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I have baked yeast bread in a toaster over some years ago and it worked just great. I have been looking for a toaster oven with enough capacity for the bread for several years and this is the one that is a good size. A .5 cu inch won't do.
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Thanks for the info. It is very helpful. I think I just might purchase this toaster oven! :)
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Toasting bread evenly on both sides of the bread is one of the most outstanding features of this oven. Most toaster ovens do a terrible job with toast so this is a welcome change.
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I use recipes from a bread maker recipe book, not a home made bread recipe that I have for making bread in the oven. It is important to follow it precisley in terms of putting the ingredients in the right order that it calls for. You can find nice bread machine recipe books on Amazon and also the one they give you with this purchase is nice. Hope this helps..
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the secret is sugar. whatever i make, i always add one table spoon of sugar. sugar helps yeast growing. and you can also start with the dough cycle, then keep it in the machine for several hour, then just use the bake cycle. that way the bread will have more time to grow. shouldn't be too hard.
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Check out my Infrared oven user's group at Yahoo. There's wealth of info there. The Nuwave and the Flavorwave are the most popular. The B&D; is really too small, is a toaster oven, and is in an entirely different league (minor league) than the other two ovens.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Flavorwave-Hearthware-Oven-Users/
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A good 6" long by over an inch thick. Yeah, some homemade breads I have to cut in half & toast but I still love it! Iys restayrant quality & if you folliw the preheat instructiins tiast so evenly. I preheat on 1 & toast just under 2. More than you wanted but im just so psyched to have one! Blessings & good findings mate.
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I have the 5 quart and have made several loaves of bread in it. The recipe I have calls for 3 cups of flour. Perfect size oven for that size recipe. Haven't had one single loaf of bread stick to the pot. If you might want a larger pot for other cooking, you might prefer the 7 quart, otherwise, as others have said, 5 quart should do. It's a heavy pot, so a 7 might be more awkward to remove from oven.
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Our toaster is the white model. We have never had the toast to turn out like this. I was surprised. Maybe we just lucked out. This is the nicest toaster combination convection I think I have ever owned. If anyone knows of a better one, please reply. I think ours will give out looks wise before it breaks down. I also have the chipping upper edge behind the glass door.
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I make my bread in this baker about three times a week. It is amazing. I use a no knead recipe which is incredibly simple so that I can mix, rise and bake all in the container. I take the bread out for the final five minutes just to brown the top a tiny bit more. The toast I get from this recipe is lovely and crunchy, a great bonus.Getting back to the breadmaker, it is strong and durable and works!!
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Love this toaster oven. It's larger and does take up a bit of space on the counter.
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I see so much confusion in the responses. Loaf bakes like in a regular loaf pan. It is about 5 inches wide and high by about 7 and a half inches long. The crust is on top, not on the end of the loaf. LOL! My understanding of the vertical loaves has the crust on the end of a loaf, and the horizontal loaf is longer than wide, with the crust on top, like the store bought bread!
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Yes and I made it from the Lekue recipe and it was a bit dry. I re did it and added some yeast and it was fine. I have found the bread maker very useful as I love fresh bread but the supplied recipes from Lekue are not my favorites. I use several out of the book "Joy of cooking" and they all work great. I hope this helps. It seems everyone likes bread a different way. The best advice I can give it measure well, write doen what you dom and when you find really good results you will have the information to duplicate it.Thanks,Joe
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I haven't baked bread in my stove, however have made too many pizzas to count- I see no problem with baking bread in this oven after you have mastered achieving and maintaining your temperature. I highly recommend the infrared thermometer so you can get an accurate reading of both the stone temperature and the air temp within the oven. Like with pizza, I wouldn't expect perfect results the first few attempts but now that I am familiar with it I love this oven.
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The toaster is in our vacation home. I don't think it will accommodate wide artisan breads. It is a great toaster though and doesn't show any fingermarks on it. so keeping it cleanis much easier than some of the shiny toasters available. It toasts quite evenly for regular bread and the numbers on the settings are large and easy to read.
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Hi Cynthia! This is the only toaster oven I've seen from Kings Brand. It comes in Charcoal colored but I haven't seen any other sizes. It's actually not that big, it's a perfect fit on the counter! I think you'll be happy with it! Not too big, and not teeny tiny small.
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The toaster never did work all that well. It didn't toast evenly. We have since replaced it with a Kitchenaid toaster and have been much happier. I don't think anything is perfect but the Kitchenaid does a much better job on toast. It does't have an oven though and I miss that.
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I have not used my oven very much. We have yet to move into our cabin. I would not ordinarily bake a lasagna or cake in this oven. I prefer using my regular stove oven. I would try muffins and I do cook fish toaster ovens. We did try toasting four sliced of bread and English muffins and it did a good job. I think we will be happy with our purchase.