Another baking bread booboo? Dust yourself off and dough it again! While baking bread is no rocket science, it does take a couple of trials and errors before baking the perfect loaf. 

Keeping these tips in mind as you step into the kitchen for another round of baking without the balking!

Dough did not rise.

If you’ve mixed and kneaded your dough properly and still your dough did not rise, you might want to check the following: your yeast and the temperature.

Check the expiration date on your yeast and make sure to follow the water temperature in your recipe. Water that is too hot can inhibit the yeast from proofing properly. Also, check your kitchen’s temperature and make sure to keep it at room temperature to help your bread rise. 

Bread rises then falls.

If your bread is finally in the oven and is rising steadily then falls flat, you may want to check on the following:

• Amount of liquid
• Amount of yeast
• Amount of salt
• Type of yeast used

Stick to the measurements in your recipe and make sure to follow them closely to keep your bread from falling flat. 

Bread cracked while baking.

Known as “oven spring”, the intense heat from the oven causes the dough to rise and expand leaving ruptures along with its weak spots. If your bread has ruptures all over, you may have forgotten to score the dough before popping it into the oven.

Scoring allows you to control where the ruptures occur without affecting your bread’s texture. Here are some tips on how to score your dough. (Link article on scoring techniques)

Bread is gooey on the inside.

If your bread is golden brown on the outside, but gooey(read: raw) on the inside:

• You took the bread out of the oven too soon.
• Your oven is not hot enough.

Double-check your recipe and your oven’s temperature. Also, make sure that your oven thermometer is working properly. 

Bread is too dry.

While you don’t want your bread to be soggy, you also don’t want it to be too dry. If your bread is dry, check the amount of water you mix with your flour. Using too much wholewheat flour can also affect your bread’s texture, leaving it dry and crumbly. 

Give baking a try and begin your baking adventures with Superbaking Bread Basket kit. Each kit comes with food-safe, quality materials to help you get started on your PBN baking project:

• 1 Banneton Basket
• Basic baking tools(metal dough scraper, plastic scraper, scoring lame, dough whisk, blade and lame case, liner cloth, plastic brush)
• Guide book

Have fun baking!

 

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