I just baked my first loaf of leavened bread yesterday but since I have never had any experience with leavened bread of any kind I have no idea if it turned out the way it should. This is a photo of my loaf,
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I cooked it in my cast iron pan so that is why it has a round shape. It turned out very dense and thick but in my option, is still good to eat and satisfying, in fact my kids loved it! My five year old asked for slice after slice! The only one who didn’t enjoy it was my husband who said he wasn’t into “the wheat thing.”
I have baked bread with store bought yeast and I keep thinking that my leavened bread didn’t rise enough? I let it rise for eight hours as the recipe stated, but does it look as if it rose properly? Is leavened bread supposed to be dense and thick or is it supposed to more closely resemble the texture of regular home baked breads? Thanks for any help you may be able to provide.
Lil Miz
