I made this on 12/23 and pulled the bread out to bake on 12/24. I want to share my experience. The dough was easy. Shaping the loaves was easy. I preheated the oven with the pizza stone and metal jelly roll pan. Since we were also making meatballs, my husband (an engineer who has taken thermodynamics) pulled out the metal pan and replaced it with a Pyrex pan. I put my loaves on the stone. I pour the water in the dish. BANG. The Pyrex shattered--no matter how hot the water, it's not gonna be 450 degrees hot. I put in a metal pan and added the water and baked with the pyrex bits in the oven. The bread was fine. I found the flavor a bit flat. My girls didn't love it, and my guests were generally polite about it. I'm making the rest of it tonight and I added my new pizza flavor to it...we'll see if it helps. And, yes, I did use a metal pan tonight. :D So, folks...be careful when you do a steam bath. Yes - glass is SO not appropriate, even Pyrex... As for taste - the longer it sits, the better the flavor. Next time, give it a few days at least. Or try it after 5 or 6 days... you'll really taste the difference. Yeast loves to take its time... PJH

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