How to Bake Bread on the Stovetop

Beginner 5 min 23 steps 40997 views Rating: 3.6/5 Published: 2026-01-04

Start with a large pot.. Create a thermal ballast.. Find a bread pan to fit inside your pot.

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Steps

1

Start with a large pot.

Step 1

Start with a large pot.

2

Create a thermal ballast.

Step 2

Create a thermal ballast.

3

Find a bread pan to fit inside your pot.

Step 3

Find a bread pan to fit inside your pot.

4

Fit a lid to your pot.

Step 4

Fit a lid to your pot.

5

Reinforce the lid.

Step 5

Reinforce the lid.

6

Collect your ingredients.

Step 6

Collect your ingredients.

7

Combine your ingredients in a mixing bowl.

Step 7

Combine your ingredients in a mixing bowl.

8

Allow the dough to rest.

Step 8

Allow the dough to rest.

9

Finish the dough.

Step 9

Finish the dough.

10

Preheat the dutch oven.

Step 10

Preheat the dutch oven.

11

Place the dough in your floured baking pan.

Step 11

Place the dough in your floured baking pan.

12

Place the pan inside your dutch oven.

Step 12

Place the pan inside your dutch oven.

13

Bake the bread.

Step 13

Bake the bread.

14

Place the bread on a cooling rack.

Step 14

Place the bread on a cooling rack.

15

Start the baking process on the stove top.

Step 15

Start the baking process on the stove top.

16

Finish baking in your own version of a haybox.

Step 16

Finish baking in your own version of a haybox.

17

Leave the pot in the haybox for at least an hour.

Step 17

Leave the pot in the haybox for at least an hour.

18

Cut open a loaf and check to see if it is done baking all the way through the ce

Step 18

Cut open a loaf and check to see if it is done baking all the way through the center.

19

Make the dough.

Step 19

Make the dough.

20

Finish the dough.

Step 20

Finish the dough.

21

Shape the dough.

Step 21

Shape the dough.

22

Prepare your pan.

Step 22

Prepare your pan.

23

Bake the flatbread.

Step 23

Bake the flatbread.

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