jpshaw
New member
As of about a month ago my standby French bread has been so so at best. My recipe called for 4 cups bread flour which made it a 2 lb loaf and it would rise almost touching the viewing window on my machine. All at once I'm getting a loaf that is 3 1/2" high at best. You can see where it was higher at one time and had fallen some. I changed my yeast and made sure all my other ingredients are fresh but it's always the same now. I don't just stand over my machine but it does start and go through the kneading process at first so I'm wondering if it might be missing a kneading process or punch down later in the cycle after a rise. This is frustrating with these squatty little loafs. Any suggestions anyone.