Some toasters cook hotter, and others cook colder. In the real world, some bread is thicker, and some is thinner. but remember, that's lots and lots of delicious buttery practice, so don't skimp.ĭespite what some British tabloids would have you believe, there is no one perfect way to make toast. For those new to cutting their own bread, getting consistent and even slices can take lots and lots of practice. Heavier bread needs more time to crisp the outside and should be cut thinner to avoid a doughy center. However, if you slice your own and make that soft bread an inch thick, even a $10 two-slice student special has half a chance of getting it right. To achieve that, you should expose the bread to enough heat that the outside gets crisp before the inside dries out, but if you start out with a quarter-inch-thick piece of pre-sliced soft bread and a lazy toaster, that's just not going to happen.

The perfect piece of toast, according to experts and denied by no one ever, is crispy on the outside but soft and moist on the inside. And since your toaster probably has only one temperature setting, the only other way to affect the final outcome is with the thickness of the bread.

That's because bread comes in many varieties and textures, from ultra light and fluffy, to dense and heavy. Buying sliced bread is very convenient (after all, no one remembers what the best thing was before it came along), but if you use it to make toast you're making a mistake.

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