"D. T. Green" wrote:
>
> Our second attempt at making bread turned out with the crust being really
> hard and the top surface being really flat, almost slightly concave.

I'm no bread expert but every single time I bake some, the crust comes out
hard as a rock. I melt some butter on it right from the oven and stick it in
a plastic bag for a short while. It softens the crust.

Gary