I would bet that your oven is too hot. Try 375 for about 45 minutes.


"HUTCHNDI" > wrote in message
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> Ack. I am trying to make some loaves in breadpans for a change, and its is
> driving me crazy. I decided to try the loafpan route as a way of coming up
> with a fairly simple recipe for my sister to follow to make bread using my
> starter, but it has never worked well for me. I got into the habit of
> freeform baking, really it has been the only way I have baked, and now I
> am
> trying my same bread in loafpans with crazy results. I just put 2
> loafpans,
> with risen dough peeking over the top, into a hot oven (425) on preheated
> tiles as I would for my non pan bread. I don't let my freeform bread rise
> this much, I get alot of my rise in the oven, I bake my boules and such on
> tiles with a cakepan or cookiesheet for insulation against burning bottoms
> with excellent results, so I figured this would work ok too. I immediately
> started getting a few large bubbles on the surface, growing to the size of
> golfballs. I hate golf, but that's another story. I pulled out one loaf
> and
> slashed the bubbles which of course was disastrous, so I left the other
> alone.
>
> I don't see this bubble problem in any of the posts, anybody have a clue?
>
> hutchndi
>
>