Hi Judy, that pot should work just great for bread baking purpose!. Keep in mind, however, that at 5-quarts you may be able to make one large loaf rather than two smaller loaves, as some of our recipes recommend. You should be able to fit up to 2.75 lbs (1247g) of dough in that sized Dutch oven. When baking smaller loaves you may find that the dough spreads out a bit more in a larger pot, but if the dough is fairly firm and holds its shape well, it should still work well in your larger pot. 

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