What can a pizza stone be used for instead of pizza? n/t

[FSogol]

[hlthe2b]

1. Roasted vegetables (with oil and seasonings)

bake a quesadilla, bake bread...

[FSogol]

3. Wouldn't the bread just flatten out? n/t

[hlthe2b]

5. Italian loaves do very well and any rustic crusty breads. As does pita bread.

[Postal Grunt]

9. It doesn't have to be flat bread

Lots of people use pizza stones for baking bread. They might label them as baking stones when making reference to them but hey, no one is getting harmed. The important thing for the bread maker to focus on is their ability to develop the gluten during proofing and to shape the dough. During the second proofing stage, a baker can either use a couche or banneton to help the dough retain its shape.

For a better description of how this gets done, I suggest that you refer to Jeffrey Hamelman's book "Bread". Before his retirement, Mr Hamelman was the head baker and an instructor for King Arthur Flour at their Norwich, VT facility.

[dem in texas]

13. roll it up tight

roll out the dough till flat, then roll up tight and pinch dough shut, put on flat pan, pinch side down, cut 3 or 4 slashes crosswise on top, let rise. Never used a stone probably better for a round loaf fairly flat as you would want the stone hot and that would make the bread bake faster, thicker dough would not get baked well in the middle if thinks dough. Can brush with a little water, milk, at start. If I want to sprinkle with poppy seed, brush with egg white beaten with tablesp water near end of baking, then sprinkle on the poppy seed.

I use some flat bread pans that I have owned for years, have made all kinds of breads on them, put a nice crust on the bread. Use pyrex glass for loaf breads

[FSogol]

14. I do a similar thing, but bake it in a le creuset dutch oven. I was gifted a

really nice flat pizza stone but cook my pizzas outdoor in a wood-fired brick oven. I was trying to come up with some uses for the pizza stone.

[beveeheart]

2. Cookies

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Calzone

Bread

[ret5hd]

6. A hammer.

Of sorts, anyway.

[FSogol]

7. Thanks for the responses everyone.

Except maybe the hammer one?

[Kali]

8. they are good just for keeping even consistant heat in the oven

of course it means the oven takes longer to warm up and cool down so summer use might be rethought. I keep a couple of red bricks in my oven in the winter. don't use the thing much at all in the summer. have a toaster oven and crock pot for the porch.

[kirkuchiyo]

10. Frisbee!

well, maybe not...

[flotsam]

11. Duck!

It's the flaming hot Frisbee O' Death!

[kirkuchiyo]

12. It would kill you quicker than Odd Job's hat! nt

[TygrBright]

15. Naan? n/t

[trof]

16. A bed warmer

[Lars39]

17. Not to make pizza, but to warm up pizza.

sil swears by it

[ProfessorGAC]

18. A Suggestion

Often I get char marks or sear meat, then put it in the oven to finish cooking.
If you used the pizza stone as the oven plate, you could take it out a bit early, and the heat held in the stone would complete the cook during resting, and stay warm while you're doing finishing touches on sides, or plating.
Sort of cooking aid & warming plate in one.