ANPHSIN13" Banneton Bread Proofing Basket - Sourdough Basket Loaf Brotform, Oval Dough Rising Bowl with Liner for Homemade Bread Making Baking Supplies Gifts

Well made basket produces a large loaf but it fit on my pizza stone. I make a sourdough loaf with 110 g of levain and 500 g of flour. Photo compares the bread made with this basket to a standard large boule.

The basket and its linen liner makes shaping Italian style loaves very easy.

Have only used the banneton with the cloth liner twice, none without the cloth. It works great. Just heavily flour the banneton and the cloth. Someone recommended rice flour, I concur. The rice flour I used is very finely ground and clings to everything (I brush the flour off of the finished loaf). The risen loaf fell out of the banneton easily and held its shape well (the wetter the dough or the longer you wait to put it in the oven the more it will spread). A nice alternative to a pan. For comparison, I used 500g of flour to about 340ml of water. I always have to add a little more water than what the recipe calls for (320ml) or else it's too dry depending on the types of flours used. This much dough easily fills the 13" banneton without over filling it.

This battenton is a great size for a double or 1.5 loaf. Also for a French loaf style of bread.

A little small but good

I bought this primarily to store clean facemasks near the kitchen door for easy access. It is the perfect dimensions to hold the pleated kind of rectangular face masks. And once the pandemic is over (Lord willing that's soon!) it'll be used as an actual banneton for short loaves.

After three years of using a makeshift set up to rest the dough in before baking it, I got this long form basket with liner. It's perfect for my needs and just the right length for my oblong covered ceramic baking utensil.