How To Make Bread (without a bread machine)

Step 5: Into the pans

Punch the dough down (Yes, punch it. Beat the heck out of it. Just don't make a mess), then divide it into 3 parts. Spray the pans and put the dough in. Let it rise again in the pans (covered) until it looks like the second picture.

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mgarner2 says: Oct 24, 2011. 4:33 AM

trying this today im at the second rise stage and its not looking good lol but hay i have never made bread by hand before so will try again .....it didnt quite look right at the first stage to be honest the mix wasnt wet enough but i put the correct amount of water in but i think that my water may have been too hot as well hmmmm oh well we will see wish me luck lol

mgarner2 in reply to mgarner2Oct 24, 2011. 4:44 AM

me thinks i have killed the yeast will have another stab at it either this afternoon or tomorrow :(

mgarner2 in reply to mgarner2Oct 24, 2011. 12:48 PM

well the wet mix looked right this time but after the second prove its nowhere near looking like the pics :(

LadyKatie in reply to mgarner2Feb 2, 2012. 12:36 PM

Dry salt kills yeast. So add the yeast last.

nawahinekoa in reply to LadyKatieMar 5, 2012. 11:51 PM

I have been using wheat bread flour so I was wondering if that might be a factor

nawahinekoa in reply to LadyKatieMar 5, 2012. 11:50 PM

I followed all the steps and they all looked right except that I couldn't get the dough to rise and stay full in the bread pans. I put the yeast in last but, still no luck. Any advice.

dfrederick2 in reply to nawahinekoaMar 20, 2012. 8:29 AM

I think if you use wheat flour in the recipe you need to increase the water a tad and since wheat flour has less gluten in it than bread flour you have to work it a bit more, one wheat bread recipe that I tried had me do a second punch down and a third rise with a 15 minute resting period before shaping the loaves. One thing you could do is replace two cups of wheat flour with the bread flour, you would not have 100% wheat bread, but you would have a lighter, less dense loaf that would rise nicely. I have been using this recipe for about two months now and it's great, I'd never made my own bread before and now I am comfortable enough with it that I have been experimenting a bit :)

samanthachels says: Nov 11, 2008. 4:25 PM

My girls really beat the dough and added all the flour, it looked really bad but it did rise. My problem is after I cooked it it was half the size it should have been. It looked sad but tasted GREAT. so what did i do wrong? sam

chiara12321 in reply to samanthachelsMar 1, 2011. 11:40 PM

u probably didnt let it rise the second time or u didnt cover the rising dough.

chiara12321 in reply to samanthachelsMar 1, 2011. 11:11 PM

maybe u put in too much dough or didnt wait long enough?
I might be wrong!

bec9112001 in reply to samanthachelsJul 14, 2010. 6:11 PM

probable let it rise too much the first time

chiara12321 in reply to bec9112001Mar 1, 2011. 11:11 PM

your answer could be right too.

SandeeCH says: Apr 13, 2010. 4:21 PM

SandeeCH says:
You need to let it rise in the pans until it doubles in size. This second rising should take less time, because there is more yeast in the dough.

chiara12321 in reply to SandeeCHMar 1, 2011. 11:38 PM

but how many minutes do u mean by "less time".

chiara12321 says: Mar 1, 2011. 11:07 PM

i havent tried the recipe yet, but i dont know if i should. . .
nvm!

cantxcape says: Dec 29, 2008. 2:32 PM

I'm just wondering how long I'm supposed to keep them in the pans to rise, another hour? What if they don't rise as much as they should? The dough managed to rise to double its size in the bowl. I punched it down, then separated them, and now they're in their pans. I guess I could try to leave them there for another hour to see how high they rise.