Feb 10, 2025
Making bread, no oven
Do you make bread without a full-fledged oven? How do you do it? What kinds of breada do you recommend to a noob baker without an oven? I have a cheapo toaster oven and a frying pan with a lid and would like to have a go at making yeast breads.
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on Feb 11
I haven't yet tried it myself, but I have actually seen a few frugal influencers that I follow on Instagram using Dutch ovens to bake sourdough on their stovetops. I'm inspired to give it a go, since we go through a fair bit of bread and it would be nice to DIY for the health and cost benefits. There are some resources online if you search for phrases like "stovetop bread baking" or "Dutch oven baking".
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on Mar 2
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on Mar 4
@helloalissa I'm so jealous...if I could pick one thing to have in a kitchen that would make life so much easier here it would be an oven! I had seen people online baking cakes in their rice cookers, so I should have put two and two together that bread could be possible as well. It's nice to know that there are some options available, even if they do require some thinking outside the box!
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on Mar 28
@genkidesu Do you have a Dutch oven? I'll research them to see if I can manage one in my kitchen. Only two gas rings!
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on Mar 28
@helloalissa I don't have a rice cooker. About 5 years ago, mine went kaput and I've been using a donabe ever since with great results.
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on Mar 28
@TonetoEdo I have one but have never tried using it to make bread! We often use it for soups/stews in winter, though!
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on Apr 21
@TonetoEdo It sounds a bit inconvenient but probably more delicious to cook rice that way! I depend on my rice cooker's timer function and the fact that I don't have to stay in the kitchen to cook so for me it's a must. Anyway, I'll be looking for your results of no oven bread experiments.
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on Apr 23
@helloalissa One of the joys of donabe rice cooking is おこげ okoge, flavourful scorched rice. It does take a bit of effort not to overdo it, and then some elbow-grease to get the remains off the bottom of the donabe. Before the weather gets too hot, I'll have a go at frypan bread recipes and tell you about the results!
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