Using oven mitts remove the hot lid and continue baking until the bread is a deep golden brown about 20 30 minutes more. Cast iron is my material of choice. Remove the banneton from the refrigerator remove the wrap from the dough and place the parchment sheet over the exposed dough. Then place on a piece of parchment paper. Preheat your oven to 500 degrees with the dutch oven inside for 45 60 mins.

Preheat your oven to 450 with your covered dutch oven inside. Cut a piece of parchment paper big enough to overhang your loaf s circumference by a few inches. Remove from the oven. You can place a couple ice cubes between the parchment paper and the dutch oven to create steam inside the pan. If your dutch oven can t withstand that heat preheat to 450.

Use a proofing basket. Step 12 allow loaf to rise while oven is heating or until a fingertip pressed into the surface causes the dough to slowly fill back in. Carefully lift the bread out of the pot and place it on a rack to cool completely about 2 hours. Once the oven is preheated turn the temperature down to 415 f. Pick up the dough by the parchment paper and carefully set it in the dutch oven.

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I prefer a dutch oven with lots of thermal mass. It is very important to heat the oven and the dutch oven itself for about 30 minutes before putting the bread inside. Place a large deep roasting pan or stainless steel bowl or other oven safe bowl over the loaf when baking. Generally speaking if you are making a white sourdough loaf buy a dutch oven that is at least 4 times its volume. This is the initial temperature that will be reduced later on.

Preheat to 475 degrees f. Put the lid on the pan and put it in the oven to bake for about 35 minutes. Place your bread inside a clay pot casserole dish any large pot that is oven safe and has a securely fitting lid on it it won t be as good as a dutch oven but it will be better than not using one. Bake covered for 20 25 minutes. Quickly work the dough into a round shape so that it doesn t stick to your hands too much.

Go for a larger size if your loaves are bigger than this. This will help the bread rise even more. Preheat oven to 450 f with the dutch oven on the center rack. Note that some pots cannot be preheated empty so check with the manufacturer if you are unsure. Go for a larger size if your loaves are bigger than this.

Note that some pots cannot be preheated empty so check with the manufacturer if you are unsure. Preheat to 475 degrees f. I prefer a dutch oven with lots of thermal mass. Use a proofing basket. Preheat your oven to 450 with your covered dutch oven inside.

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Preheat oven to 450 f with the dutch oven on the center rack. Using oven mitts remove the hot lid and continue baking until the bread is a deep golden brown about 20 30 minutes more.