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humanodon  ·  4204 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A personal triumph in pizza

Baking is finicky stuff. Are you sure it's the oven that's making it come out differently than you'd like? Like many home cooks/bakers, I have learned this the hard way.





cwenham  ·  4204 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've tried a few different temperatures and baking times, but I usually get a flattened loaf that resembles stale, unsweetend biscotti. Even the ducks at the pond wouldn't eat it.

Sometimes I get a reasonable success, but maybe it's this new oven I have. It's a GE gas oven with loads of electronics, but unfortunately no circulating fan. My parents once had an oven with a fan and they got much better results with it.

humanodon  ·  4204 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Could it be that the bread needs more time to rise?

cwenham  ·  4204 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure, I don't think so. It rises more sideways than upwards. Maybe I'm kneading it for too long.

humanodon  ·  4204 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, that could very well be the case. Too much gluten and the bread won't rise properly. I'm not well-versed in baking, but there's a good discussion about this problem here.