PROBLEMS WITH BREAD BAKING AND RISING
To get the best results in baking, the pans should be placed so that the air in the oven will circulate freely around them. If they are so placed that the loaves touch each other or the sides of the oven, the loaves will rise unevenly and consequently will be unsightly in shape, like those shown in photo.
If the loaves rise higher on one side than on the other, even when the pans are properly placed, it is evident that the heat is greater in that place than in the other parts of the oven and the loaves should therefore be changed to another position. Proper care given to bread while baking will produce loaves that are an even brown on the bottom, sides, and top and that shrink from the sides of the pan.
Tips van Paul Hollywood:
*****The crust has broken away from the loaf:
-If the bread has a ‘flying top’ where the top crust breaks away from the loaf then you have most likely under proved it.
*****I’ve dough developed a skin after I left it to prove:
-Do not leave your dough uncovered when proving as it can cause the dough to develop a crust. Continue reading
