Set the lid aside. Place the parchment with the bread into the Dutch oven. Cut shallow slits in the top of the dough and set ...

If your lid isn’t oven safe, use a baking sheet to cover the top. It’s not perfect but it’ll do. Credit: Allie Chanthorn Reinmann Once the bread is ready to be baked, score the bread how you ...

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When I used the bread oven to make a seedy whole-wheat loaf (which I usually bake on a baking sheet), it took on even better color and height, and turned out more moist, too. I appreciated that ...