In making the heated bread slices, what is the best heating method?
It is preferable to use a steamer. The heat is moist heat, which helps with the texture, and it is virtually foolproof at 8 minutes. For a conventional or convectional oven, oven calibrations can vary and ovens can be uneven in their baking. Also, kitchens tend to operate the ovens at one temperature (350F) and are putting in and pulling out many different items into the oven. This can create inconsistencies in cooking times for the bread slice recipe. That being said, different nursing homes using ovens successfully find that it is a matter of testing the recipe to find the time at their normal temperature that bakes the bread mix without overcooking it and repeating that for each recipe.
