The purpose of preheating bread in a cast iron pan is to reduce the time it takes to bake bread.
Preheating the cast iron pan in advance can quickly shape the bread and reduce the time it takes to bake the bread without exposing the filling of the bread or causing the bread to collapse or shrink. The taste will not become hard.
Introduction to bread
Bread, also known as buns, is a food made from grains (usually wheat) ground and heated. Baked food is made of wheat flour as the main raw material, yeast, eggs, oil, sugar, salt, etc. as auxiliary materials, added with water to form a dough, and processed through processes such as dividing, forming, proofing, baking, and cooling.
The so-called bread is made from rye, wheat and other food crops as basic raw materials. It is first ground into powder, then water, salt, yeast, etc. are added to knead the dough to make a dough base, and then baked and baked. Foods made by heating, steaming, frying, etc.
Usually, when we mention bread, we mostly think of European and American bread or Japanese stuffed bread, sweet bread, etc. In fact, there are many special types of bread in the world. In addition to rye flour and wheat flour, the raw materials widely used in the world for making bread include buckwheat flour, brown rice flour, corn flour, etc.
Some breads are fermented by yeast and become more fluffy and soft during the baking process; there are also many breads that are just the opposite and do not need to be fermented. Although the ingredients and production techniques are different, they are all called bread.