This was a second try, and this batch of bread came out beautiful.
The first time I made this bread, I was working after dinner, the dough wasn't rising quickly, and I did not have time to let the loaves rise all the way up out of the pans before I put them in the oven. So I cut the second rise short in order to have time to bake the loaves before bed. And so those first loaves came out of the oven the way they went into the oven- flat.
But they were delicious, so I was motivated to give it a second try and see what I could improve.
This time, I was up before dawn, so I got started early. Taking notes from the previous loaves, I found some ways to improve rise time in my winter kitchen. I used a dough warmer for the first rise. Then I put the loaves in their pans on the top of the toaster oven set on low for the second rise. With the help of the added warmth from these kitchen devices, the risings went quicker. And I had time to wait for these leaves to rise well over the tops of their pans before baking...
Beautiful!
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