For the Serious Home Bread Baker
Making great bread at home is part skill, part patience — and part having the right equipment. At Tarzian West for Housewares, Brooklyn's neighborhood kitchen store for over 50 years, we carry the tools that serious home bread bakers reach for: proofing baskets, artisan bread ovens, and the pans that create a proper crust.
Proofing Baskets — The Round Proofing Basket and Banneton Bread Proofing Basket Oval 10" give sourdough and naturally leavened breads their characteristic spiral pattern and proper structure during the final proof. Essential for any sourdough baker.
Le Creuset Oval Bread Oven — The Le Creuset Signature Oval Bread Oven (1.5 qt.) creates the steam-trap environment of a professional deck oven, producing artisan loaves with an open crumb and crackly crust — straight from a home oven. One of the most popular tools for home sourdough baking.
Bread Pans — A perforated French Bread Pan and Baguette Pan for long, shaped loaves with crispy, evenly baked crusts that benefit from airflow underneath.
Scoring & Shaping — The Tinplate Kaiser Stamp 2.5" cuts the classic kaiser roll pattern — the traditional 5-pointed star — into rolls before baking for both decorative effect and proper oven spring.
Sourdough Starter & Storage — A ready-to-use Sourdough Starter to get a home starter culture going, and a classic Tower Bread Box for keeping finished loaves fresh longer.
