Large, and keeps bread better than plastic, with no waste
I make homemade bread at least once or twice a week, but we seldom finish the bread the same day and it goes stale quickly on the counter. So we go through a lot of plastic bread bags. Bread bags are usually flimsy, and when I try to reuse them the next loaf grows moldy more quickly. These reusable, beeswax-lined cloth bread bags are the perfect solution.The two bags are very roomy and can hold even my largest boules or at least two standard loaf pan-sized loaves. The top edges close up tightly to each other, and after you push the excess air out you can fold the bag down like a flap over the bread and wrap the clip around the loaf, as shown in the photo; as the loaf gets smaller this approach doesn’t work as well, so you can also roll the top down and pull the clips together around the coiled top (like a dry bag works, if you’ve ever gone out on the water).My first loaf that I used a bag for ended up lasting us a week, with us opening and closing the bag once or twice a day. In that time the bread did not dry out and did not grow mold; it tasted much fresher than it would have after a week in a plastic bag.The bags are easy to clean by hand with cool water. (Do not use hot, as this will break down the beeswax.) I don’t use soap on them but a gentle cleanser could be used if you rinse it off thoroughly.I love that there are two bags; there’s always one available while the other is full or waiting to be cleaned.These are not cheap (either in price or quality). You would have to buy a lot of plastic bags before you break even on these bread bags, so they probably won’t save you any money — at least, not for a long time. But these really do feel like they will last for years. They are aesthetically pleasing and environmentally friendly. As a baker, I would be thrilled to receive these as a gift.