Bread Baking Time

The time it takes for your breads to be fully baked is another area for experimentation based on your oven’s quirks and characteristics. Although suggested bake times and hearth temperatures are listed in individual recipes, the general rule of thumb is that the time listed for baking in a home oven recipe should be cut in half. At a hearth temperature of around 550o, our one kilogram (2 lb) round hearth breads take twenty-two minutes to bake to an internal temperature above 205o F, while our 500 gram (1 lb) baguette take twelve minutes to reach the same figure. This is roughly half the time it would take in a 500o home oven. Using a digital timer here is highly recommended.

Virtually any bread recipe can be adapted for wood-fired baking using this general rule.

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