I was leary of this myself, but wanted to (mostly) try to follow the
directions for once. I will go back to preparing my loaves a bit more
before doing the brotform rise.


"Will" > wrote in message
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>
> Kenneth wrote:
>
> > The crust problem may be due to an insufficient rise before
> > the bake.
>
> Maybe. But I get suspicious when I read...
>
> > >She apparently doesnt do any forming worth mentioning before placing
> > >the dough in the banneton, so thats what I did.
>
> That shortcut has never worked well for me either.
>
> Will
>