My Breadventure
by David on Dec.30, 2009, under Food
I’ve tried to make bread a couple of times now, but each time I’ve ended up with heavy bread because the dough hasn’t risen enough 
Bread
The first time I tried Jamie Olivers recipe the loaf was large and heavy. It looked good, but when I cut into it the inside dough was thick and doughy. My second attempt was last week. I tried to make the 5 minute bread a specified here
The bread rolls looked great, smelled great and I thought I had achieved sweet succulent success. I picked up the first roll and it felt a bit heavy to me. Still not disheartened, I cut it open to find the same thick, doughy inside. My heart broke a little.
I left the rest of the dough from the 5 minute recipe for another day in the fridge and I noticed that it had risen some more, so I thought to myself – Perfect I’ll try the rolls again.
This time the rolls looked perfect, smelled perfect and were a little lighter, and when I cut them open hey were a bit better than before, but not good enough they were still too thick and doughy to be edible.
Luckily for me, Rach got me Ruhlman’s Ratio book for Christmas. So, tomorrow I’ll be trying to make bread the Ruhlman way. Success will be mine I think!!