Pan Loaves

Appears in
Professional Cooking: 10th Edition

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2025

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Shaping dough into loaves to be baked in loaf pans is illustrated in Figure 32.14.

Figure 32.14 Pan loaves.

(a) Start with the rounded, benched dough. Flatten it with the palms of the hands.

(b) Stretch it into a long rectangle.

(c, d) Fold into thirds.

(e) Roll the dough into a tight roll of the same length as the pan it is to be baked in. Seal the seam well and place the dough seam side down in the greased pan.