On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:33:07 -0700
"janie" > wrote:

> I make good bread (tastes good anyway) BUT! I never get that pretty
> Brown outside skin that I always see in the store bought or bakery bread.
> I asked
> the lady at the bakery (kroger) and she said that they always bake the
> bread at 400=B0... and that steam also did the trick. Said that is I got=
a
> spray bottle and sprayed the bread just before I put the bread in the
> oven I would get the same effect.
> It doesn' seem to work!
> Anybody know a secret?


You could try an egg wash