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Old 03-21-2022, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom52 View Post
I have taken up baking the last couple of years, sort of as a hobby, (examples below). I seem to do O.K. on basic white bread. Where I have problems is with heavier type breads like rye or pumpernickel, they seem really heavy and dense. Being a guy I do not have a lot of experience with this, so, any suggestions are appreciated.

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Let the second rise take 3 or so hours. We make whole wheat bread and find we get better results when doing this.