Responsa for Shabbat 1:10

אֵין צוֹלִין בָּשָׂר, בָּצָל, וּבֵיצָה, אֶלָּא כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּצּוֹלוּ מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם. אֵין נוֹתְנִין פַּת לַתַּנּוּר עִם חֲשֵׁכָה, וְלֹא חֲרָרָה עַל גַּבֵּי גֶחָלִים, אֶלָּא כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּקְרְמוּ פָנֶיהָ מִבְּעוֹד יוֹם. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּקְרֹם הַתַּחְתּוֹן שֶׁלָּהּ:

Meat, onion, and egg are not to be roasted (on Sabbath eve) unless they can be roasted while it is still day [as the food of Ben D'rosa, i.e., one-third cooked, at which point it is edible, and there is no reason to decree "lest he stir the coals"]. A loaf is not to be placed in the oven before dark nor a chararah [a kind of cake] on coals, unless its face [i.e., its upper surface] forms a crust [(this being the beginning of baking)] while it is still day. R. Eliezer says: Until its lower surface [on the clay of the stove] forms a crust. [For it bakes first, before the upper surface, and this is sufficient. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Eliezer.]

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