Bread tins

Justamum

rachbc wrote: »

ok I'm going to ask a really dumb question about bread tins - when it says 2lb tin - is that a dough made with 2lb of flour, 2lb of dough or a 2lb loaf once baked?

It's not a dumb question. It's always puzzled me too, but I make mine using 500g flour and 300g water for each 2lb loaf tin. I weighed one of the cooked loaves once and it came in just under 800g.

Swan_2

rachbc wrote: »

see I make a bag of flour at a time, weight out 2lb of dough for a loaf and make the rest into rolls for lunches but have no idea if this is 'right'

how does the loaf turn out? is it the kind of shape & size you want?

going by my & Justamum's calculations, you'd want to put 1/3 of your dough into the 2lb tin

rachbc

no its not really...but I think my tin is too wide and shallow so am shopping abotu for a new one but like o I can't find one with pleasing proportions!

Swan_2

rachbc wrote: »

no its not really...but I think my tin is too wide and shallow so am shopping abotu for a new one but like o I can't find one with pleasing proportions!

in theory, you should be able to make a decent loaf in any kind of tin, but in practice you can end up with a loaf that's not suitable for your needs

a lot of tins sold as bread tins are more suited to making teabreads & loaf cakes in, those are the longer shallower ones, to get a taller loaf you'll need the more traditionally shaped tins
mine measure 9cm/3 1/2" tall, & 20cm/just under 8" x 13cm/just over 5" outside measurement at the top


they look very similar to the Lakeland ones in Justamum's link a few posts back, but without the non-stick, I'll see if I can find a link

Swan_2

I got mine on ebay, but I can't find them now

my tins look like the one in this link ... btw, I'm not recommending this site, it's just the first one I found with a pic

Justamum

Swan wrote: »

they look very similar to the Lakeland ones in Justamum's link a few posts back, but without the non-stick, I'll see if I can find a link

The ones I've got are the ones with the 'envelope fold' ends like the Lakeland ones, but without any non-stick. I got mine from a cookshop quite cheaply.

zippychick

might this thread help = pullman loaf tin

Zip

zippychick

No? :):)

Miss_Ratty

Hi All!

I'm in the anger zone right now...I ordered about the squillionth loaf tin and it arrived today. I bake my own bread, and all I want is bread that is nice and high, like a normal loaf of bread! Home baked bread is so much nicer and cheaper than shop bought, but at the rate I am trying to find a suitable loaf tin, its costing me a fortune. I've been in all the shops in my city, and cannot find a decent tin that is more than 9cm high. I know its not the baking method, as the bread rises as it should, but once it gets to the height of the tin, it spills over the side.

Does anyone know where you can buy a good quality loaf tin which is really deep and will enable a traditional (i.e. higher than 9cm) loaf of bread to be baked? I have tried everywhere, and am getting even less joy online (my latest arrival was 6cm lower than the advertised height, and they won't even refund the total purchase cost including postage, even though the product is about as far removed from the advertised product as you can get!!!!).

Much thanks...I hope there are some old school loaf makers out there that can help!

lizzyb1812

How about this one?

http://www.cn-ice.com/800g-sandwich-loaf-bread-tin-p-635.html