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[cwcdesign]

I was going to say Christmas, but I think what we write here could apply year round.

Will has asked for a cast iron combo cooker - basically a Dutch oven bottom and a lid shaped like a skillet so it has multiple uses. I know Lodge makes one.

I am looking for recommendations on size and brand - he wants to be able to make bread in it. They are pushing the 3.2 qt, but I’m wondering if a 4 qt would be more useful. Since I can’t use cast iron due to the weight and I’ve never tried baking bread in a Dutch oven, I thought I would turn to you experts.
Thanks!

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[Mike Nolan]

Measure the interior of the pan and that sets an upper limit on the size of bread you can bake in it. I can get about 20 ounces of dough in my Dutch oven. It has an interior diameter of about 10 inches and an interior height of about 5 1/2 inches. (I seem to recall it was 4.5 quarts.)

I think I could get a boule with about 24 ounces of bread dough in it. You don't want it so big it touches the sides.

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