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Questions? Technical Issues? The Survival Guide / Bread is Splitting
« on: July 21, 2010, 07:19:05 am »
I make bread every day in my TMX but I mainly do rolls because of a recurring problem I have when I make a loaf - the sides of the bread split near the top. This makes it really hard to cut and pieces often break away.
I usually do variations on the basic bread recipe - doing one rise and then putting into a cold oven to bake (to get the second rise). I've tried adding a little more oil to the mix, spraying with water, and rubbing with a little oil. My thought is that perhaps the second rise is happening too fast?? I did try doing a second rise and then putting into a hot oven but I still got some splitting (not as bad though).
So far this seems to happen if I put it into a loaf tin. Freeform loaves don't seem to do it.
Any ideas or suggestions? The kids prefer a loaf so they can have toast.
I usually do variations on the basic bread recipe - doing one rise and then putting into a cold oven to bake (to get the second rise). I've tried adding a little more oil to the mix, spraying with water, and rubbing with a little oil. My thought is that perhaps the second rise is happening too fast?? I did try doing a second rise and then putting into a hot oven but I still got some splitting (not as bad though).
So far this seems to happen if I put it into a loaf tin. Freeform loaves don't seem to do it.
Any ideas or suggestions? The kids prefer a loaf so they can have toast.