I would like to know whether there is any solution to avoid the stiffness and crispness of bread of oven baked sandwiches which uses normal white bread as the base. I used to make sandwiches with bread and always these bread after baking turns out really crispy and stiff and sometimes it get burnt. I butter the bread sometimes and sometimes not. Either way I end up with crispy bread sandwich which is difficult to bite and affects our mouth skin. How can we make the bread base of the sandwich soft?
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4Isn't that like trying to make dry water? I sort of assumed that crispyness would be the reason for baking the sandwiches?– Stephie ♦Aug 18, 2015 at 10:35
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2"always these bread after baking turns out really crispy and stiff and sometimes it get burnt" - that'll be the baking. Why are you baking your sandwiches anyway?!– AakashMAug 19, 2015 at 12:16
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Wrap the sandwich in foil before baking so the moisture stays in the bread. That will prevent it crisping up.
answered Aug 18, 2015 at 10:37
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Ok.. Thanks @ElendilTheTall. Actually I tried using the foil and butter-paper below the sandwich but I did'nt think of wrapping it.– liyaAug 18, 2015 at 11:05
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10In honour of a certain college student I know (and probably thousands of others) I felt obliged to point out the difference - before another sandwich gets shrink-wrapped and the kitchen filled with smoke.– Stephie ♦Aug 18, 2015 at 11:08
The bread gets crispy and "stiff" because it dries up completely.
A good toaster should toast a slice of bread quickly so that the exterior is toasted and the interior barely hot; a bad toaster will not be warm enough and will dry up the slice of bread.
Same thing when you do an oven baked sandwich, it should be done on high heat so that the bread toasts up and crisps up on the exterior while not drying up the bread.
You say "toasted" in your title but there are various ways to achieve this, different ines dominating in different countries. If you have a slot toaster (common in the UK, much less so in the rest of Europe, and apparently common in the US/Canada) there are toastabags (although this link is lakeland, they're on e.g. amazon as well). These are reusable bags made of non-stick sheet, open on one edge. You make the sandwich, put it in, than stuff it into the toaster. I tend to give the sandwich 20 seconds in the microwave before toasting to make sure the cheese is nicely melted.
Alternatively if your oven has a grill setting that will work a lot better than oven mode.
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For my own curiosity: If slot toasters are uncommon in the USA, what is commonly used to toast sliced bread? Aug 18, 2015 at 15:28
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A quick look suggests that slow toasters are more commmon than I thought -- Walmart sell quite a few models online -- but toaster ovens seem more common to me. I'm thinking of motels with kitchenettes though. A toaster oven, from a Brisitsh point of view, is a small electric grill with a door. Pics (Walmart).– Chris HAug 18, 2015 at 15:32
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1Almost every household has a "slot toaster" here in the US. We just call them "toasters."– valverijAug 18, 2015 at 17:49
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3If you say "toaster" to someone in Canada, by default they think of a metal box with two slots in the top and a lever on the front. We do have toaster ovens, but they are called "toaster ovens".– JamesAug 18, 2015 at 18:01
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@James, edited, and -- bonus -- that mean you can use toastabags, which IMO give a nicer result than a sandwich toaster/toastie maker. They also don't take up any real kitchen space.– Chris HAug 18, 2015 at 18:47