Marble Baking Stone

It is easily stained dulled and scratched.

Marble baking stone. You need to take care not to scratch it or expose it to acid such as vinegar or strong alkaline agents like ammonia and detergents. If you re an avid baker it s an essential tool to have in your kitchen. So again if you decide to use marble as a pizza stone the heaviness of it could be an inconvenience for taking it out of the oven and cleaning it. If you roll your dough out on cornmeal it won t stick to the paddle.

4 7 out of 5 stars 123 23 99 23. Cooks who work on marble countertops already know that marble is great for working with pastry and chocolate. Creative home natural granite stone pastry baking cheese serving board 16 l x 20 w dark gray 3 6 out of 5 stars 11 rsvp white marble pastry board 18 inches square. Do not use marble tiles commonly used for floors or countertops for baking.

Cozymat marble rolling pin with acacia wood phone holder and a scraper for fondant dough baking heavy and solid stone white 12 inch long 1 6 inch dia. Granite and marble countertops. Place baking stone in a cold oven on the lowest rack if it is electric or on the floor if it is a gas oven. Using a paddle or rimless cookie sheet slide your pizza onto the stone.

Place the stone or stones in the cold oven making sure to leave at least 1 of airspace around the stones. When chilled a marble surface is ideal for keeping dough from sticking particularly when you re not keen on adding too much extra flour. Typical baking stones can be made of a variety of materials and tend to be either round or rectangular in shape. Marble however needs to be cleaned more often because it easily gets stained.

A few companies make stone cookie sheets muffin tins and others to widen the applications. Clean the marble stone with a damp cloth to prepare it for baking use. Preheat the oven to 500f with the stone in it. Baking soda is alkaline so you should only use it with caution.

Allow to heat for about an hour. It is best to purchase marble that has already been prepared for baking purposes such as those found at a chef s supply store. Marble is a soft stone made of calcium carbonate. Some are glazed and others are not so there s a great deal of choice on the market.

A 3 4 inch to 1 inch thickness is best. Clay stone is popular but some people prefer marble. Baking soda as a homemade marble cleaner. Make sure the marble baking stone is not too large for your oven.

Just like stone floor tiles using vinegar to clean your granite or marble countertops can ruin their smooth shiny surface. And you can get one for around 30. The acidic cleaners may etch the.