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Nice Size Dutch Oven
« on: November 24, 2017, 02:08:36 PM »
For anyone who is single, or just a couple, or doesn't eat a lot of bread (and who bakes bread in a dutch oven)  I thought I'd give a heads up on a nicely sized dutch oven for that purpose.  I bought this one about a year ago, and it's not just that it is smaller than my 5qt, but that it is a smaller diameter and higher walled than most of the other 3qt dutch ovens, so it will bake a nice, high loaf for sandwiches and stuff.

Otherwise, when I have baked smaller loaves in my big dutch oven (especially when incorporating rye flour, which rises less),  I end up with like a 2.5-3" high loaf, which makes a pretty skinny sandwich.  :laugh:  Four cups wheat flour and one cup rye flour result in a loaf just about the size of this dutch oven. You could probably do six cups, but that would max it out.

Anyway, I just pulled a loaf out of the oven a few minutes ago, and thought I would mention the dutch oven.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FGBTQD0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Re: Nice Size Dutch Oven
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2017, 04:53:41 PM »
I end up with like a 2.5-3" high loaf, which makes a pretty skinny sandwich.  :laugh: 

Sliced horizontally gives you a very wide sammich.   Don't just think in the vertical plane. :P

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Re: Nice Size Dutch Oven
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2017, 07:17:18 PM »
Sliced horizontally gives you a very wide sammich.   Don't just think in the vertical plane. :P

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Re: Nice Size Dutch Oven
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2017, 08:00:01 PM »
I like how he twists the top on. :D

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Re: Nice Size Dutch Oven
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2017, 06:17:40 AM »
Amazon has a 6 quart enameled dutch oven on sale right now for under $40.

https://slickdeals.net/f/10864875-6-quart-lodge-enameled-cast-iron-dutch-oven-poppy-or-gray-40-free-shipping


Whoops. Deal's apparently dead. The gray are sold out.

The blue ones are $50, as are a couple other colors.
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