Bread Tins

[fiftyplusfive]

I want to make some bread and recipe says makes enough for a 2 lb bread tin. I have several sized tins.How big is a 2lb tin?

[Old_Geezer]

Large enough to hold a 2 lb loaf ?

http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/9054/how-do-i-work-out-how-large-a-cake-tin-i-have

[atalanta]

It's a really big loaf tin. The biggest you can normally get. You should be able to spread your hand across the inside of the base of a 2lb tin, with space to spare.
Unless you are cooking bread for a lot of people, I'd put the dough into 2 one-lb tins, and freeze one finished loaf for later. But don't leave a white loaf in the freezer for long, as the crust falls off.

[Elina]

2lb bag of sugar size.

[Old_Geezer]

!?

Never had a crust fall off yet. How long is too long ?

[fiftyplusfive]

Thank you all for your help. Will make it tomorrow.Wish me luck.

[gingejbee]

A "2 lb bag of sugar" (or a 1 kg bag, actually) is nowhere near the size of a large (2 lb) loaf!

[Elina]

^ .. Oh! .. Sorry, thought it was. My mistake. Bag & a half?

[Elina]

!

[Old_Geezer]

Good luck.

[Elina]

They may need it OG :0?

[gingejbee]

Think back to the old standard "split-tin" loaf...the smaller one was a 1 lb and the large "family-sized" was 2 lb....

[Tilly2]

Apparently a 2lb loaf tin holds exactly 1 litre of water, full to the brim.

[fiftyplusfive]

Thanks. I made 2 x 1 lb bread loaves and unfortunately they are lovely,which means I will make (and eat) more.

[Elina]

Yay!! ;0)

[atalanta]

Reply to OG - try googling "Flying Crust". If you make a loaf from ordinary white strong flour and put it in the freezer, it only takes about a week before the crust starts flaking off. And I have made/frozen an awful lot of bread. If you add some brown flour or only make wholemeal loaves, this shouldn't happen. But, as 50+5 says, home-made loaves can be far too delicious to last long enough to freeze.