(35x15 cm) Oval Proofing Basket Set by Bread Story Oval Banneton Brotform Handmade Unbleached Natural Cane Bread Baking Kit with Cloth Liner Bread Baking eBook Course

The basket is well made and the cotton cover works well with the basket. My husband has been able to use the basket to bake some lovely bread.

Excellent, great bread shape for smaller but long loaves.

Very good and supportive of a decent size loaf.

I use this Basket all the time now, it ideal for our family of 6 all at home for the lockdown. I make a sourdough loaf every workday, and keep my grown kids in toast and sandwiches until meal team. The recipes I follow uses 680 grams of white flour, 120 grams of wholemeal flour, 14 grams of salt, 220grams of sourdough starter and 450 grams of tepid water. Perfect every time. Method1) I mix the 2 flours and salt together dry into my electric mixer bowl,.2) Then separately add the sourdough starter and water into a 2nd mixing bowl and whisk to a froth.3) Start the mixer on low speed, and slowly add the liquid. After a minute or two it will all come together and leave the sides of the mixer bowl clean. Stop the Mixer at this point.4) Remove bowl from mixer and do 4 fold or more folds every 15 min - Repeat 5 times, Sprinkle a little white flour over the Dough if its a bit wet. After an 1hr 15 mins, Turn out onto a floured worktop, stretch and tear 4 sides, then roll back to a ball, leave for 20 -30 mins the stretch out and place in well floured basket.I make mine in around lunchtime, then place the basket, covered in lightly oiled cling film, in the fridge until 9pm. At 9-10pm it comes out the fridge and it rises over night, I cook it around 6-7am ready for breakfast. It takes 30 mins at 215 ℃, I place a tray of water in the base of the oven to get a nice crust, and I slash to top with a knife just before it goes in, make deep cuts as they just self heal.It's easy.

Great proofing basket and the liner is well made. Works really well.

This is a nice little basket for that at home baker. I got it for my son who is into his baking and he hasn't stopped using it yet

Apparently there was a stocking/storage issue and the business owners have purged their stock of these rectangular bannetons. The customer service I received from the Bread Story was phenomenal and they do really care about their customers. If you get a product from them, and if you have an issue with it, reach out to their team to resolve it. I'm sure they'll come up with a way compensate for the problem. They sent me a few other bannetons to replace the bad batch of rectangle ones I received.== ORIGINAL REVIEW ==- Covered in tiny bugs! Terrible.- 1 star- Don't buy this. The banneton was covered in tiny light brown bugs. There were dozens of them hiding in the gaps and some just hanging about in the open. I found most of them under the liner, and immediately sealed it up and returned it in the same day. Don't waste your time or money.

Loved this proving basket. Have used many times now and will be purchasing a second in very near future. Due to the liner there is no sticking just take some flour from the recipe to flour basket. Can very heartily recommend this product.

Matches my bread baker form perfectly , I am using it twice a week when baking bread.

This is a very small basket. 14x6? More like barely 13x5.5 and that one the very top outer edge. The bottom measures 12x3. There is no way you can shape a bread of a normal size in this. I guess I am waiting for the round one I ordered as this is too small for us.Edit: it is very small but I tried it and it works very well. So as long as you are aware that it’s small, I would recommend it. I wish there were bigger ones but I haven’t found one yet.Edit 2: I changed it to a 5 star review because after using it a lot and adding more bannetons to my collecting, I find it's one of my favourites. This works great for a dough with 500-600g flour. I prefer this shape to round loaves as it's easier to cut and you get many more same sized slices from a batard than a boule.

Great quality basket. I bake a lot of bread. Sometimes I like to use a baking stone for a loaf. I preheat the stone in the oven and carefully turn the raised dough from the basket on to a pizza peel., then into the oven and on to the stone. This basket keeps the loaf shape, and a quick trip to the oven makes the bread set in that shape and not spread out sideways. Sometimes I like to use my preheated Romertopf clay baker, and this basket is the same size. I just turn the dough into the hot clay baker and set it back in the oven.Yes, I've had many years of practice and trial and error to get my breads just right. (The birds loved my failures!). If you prepare the basket liner with flour, nothing will ever stick. I will also use the basket to serve my breads. This company makes several sizes of these baskets and sends you a nice sourdough e-book too. Nice!

Well made and sturdy product.I was looking for a banneton with greater depth.Its height was advertised as 10cm. The actual height is 8cm.

Not too small, not too big, but just right for my appetite. My wife has found out that fresh made bread is my kryptonite. I'm happier munching on artisan breads instead of sweets or other junk food. This well-made basket has proven itself to producing fine artisan breads. The recipes that were provided for sourdough via eBook are absolutely delicious. The book is full of insightful methods in pursuing the creation of the perfect sourdough bread. Thank you for a wonderful, durable product that we will use time & time again.