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Milk Bread - How'd I do?

JJBakerJJ's picture
JJBakerJJ

Milk Bread - How'd I do?

I'm pretty new to baking. This tasted good. How's it look? A little flat maybe? 

dabrownman's picture
dabrownman

just not enough dough to fill the pan properly is all.

Happy baking

Ps to figure out how much.  This bread should proof 90% before it hits the heat.  Take your an and find out how much water it will hold to the top of the rim bu weight.  The divide the water weight amount by 1.9 to figure how much your dough should weigh to fill the pan.  When it proofs to 1/2"=1", no more,  above the rim in the center of the loaf then it his the heat. 450 F with steam for 12 minutes and then down to 425 F to bake to 205 F in the middle without steam. if not enriched wth butter and sugar

clazar123's picture
clazar123

I concur about the amount in the pan. The loaf looks quite delicious. I wouldn't change a thing!

tgrayson's picture
tgrayson

"A little flat maybe"

Possibly. For my white sandwich bread, I'll do a couple of punch downs before shaping, which seems to make the bread fluffier.

mariana's picture
mariana

Your bread is beautiful!

JJBakerJJ's picture
JJBakerJJ

Thanks everyone! My pans were slightly bigger than what the recipe called for, so that must be it. So happy I discovered this forum!