Banneton Bread Proofing Basket & free ultimate guide to bannetons eBook - (Brotform) - Bake Beautiful Artisan Bread In This 9 Inch Rattan Basket

This is the first bread proofing basket that I've ever owned. Been baking for a long time and finally decided to try one. Made some wonderful, crusty bread with the help of this basket. Just be sure to flour it really well the first few times that you use it. After the basket arrived, the company sent a small ebook that is very informative about using and cleaning.

I wanted some Bannetons for rustic bread making. These work well. Flour the inside well before rising your bread in them. I really enjoy mine. They work perfect, no trouble with the bread sticking to the inside.

These certainly work, but I've been disappointed with the build quality. The sides of the basket where the reeds meet (it's not one reed in a spiral, but rather multiple joined together) can be very sharp -- sharp enough to be painful if you pick the basket up.

I am new in making artisan bread. This basket seems to work fine and does what it is suppose to do. The basket appears well made -- tight coils and quite solid feeling. I thoroughly dusted with unbleached white flour and let my sourdough bread rise for about an hour before putting it in my Dutch Oven. It released just fine. I am waiting to see if the banneton holds up over time to earn the 5th star.

I brought this product because it was called for in Ken Forkish's bread book and it satisfied what he called for in a proofing basket. The product was what I expected from the description and is exactly what I was looking for. It appears to be high quality and I think I will get lots of use with it. It arrived as expected and although I have only used it once, it worked as intended. I would be happy to order from this retailer again.

I have just gotten into baking bread, and these proofing baskets are making me look good! I've gotten perfect results every time - even the first time using the baskets, despite warnings that it may take a couple uses for the baskets to be at their best. The baskets leave a beautiful design on the outside of the bread. And I appreciated the "how to use" materials that were emailed to me after my purchase.

I had to send the basket back because it was too small and not the material I thought it was. The bad part was that I had to pay over 6 dollars shipping to send it back. So I lost that amount credited back to me. Can’t afford that mistake again. Sorry.

This banneton proofing basket works wonderfully. I use mine two to three times each week proofing artisan bread dough from the recipes in Ken Forkish's excellent book Flour Water Salt Yeast. The basket does exactly what it's supposed to: proof bread. It is easy to clean and maintain, and I've found that even wet doughs are not likely to stick to the basket once the basket is properly seasoned with flour (the basket comes with a helpful digital booklet that the manufacturer emailed me; it provides instructions on how to season and care for the basket). This size basket works really well if you plan on baking your loaves in 4-qt. dutch ovens (as Forkish recommends in his book).