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Default Finally made some *real* sourdough bread

On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 05:35:51 -0800 (PST), Robert Zaleski
> wrote:

>I hear you on the collapse. I've been putting the bread out for the
>final rise exactly as I plan to cook it. So If I'm making a crusty
>round loaf, I'll lay it out on the pan to do it's rise for 8 hours or
>so, generally in the oven with the light on. I'll pull the pan out
>heat the oven and put it back in.

Sourdough lactobacilli feed on the gluten.
Gluten keeps the dough elastic and sticky.
So try to keep it to a single rise, you'll probably find it
no longer collapses.......
FWIW
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