Bread making

Submitted: Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 at 22:41
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Evening all. In preparation for my upcoming trip I thought I'd better practice making bread.

Bought a packet of the premixed bread flour and followed the instructions; or so I thought. It always looks easy on the adverts.

Found that the dough was very sticky and I had a hell of a job getting the dough of my hand. Yes I only used one hand. Added a bit of flour to stiffen the mix a bit.

When I was satisfied with the of the dough I placed it in a bowl and covered as instructed, but it took about an hour to get any rise. Is this normal?

After I was satisfied that the dough had done what it was supposed to do I kneaded it for the prescribed time and the bunged it in the oven.

At the end of the cooking time the bread looked a bit doughy inside so I gave it a further 10 minutes or so. Is it normal for fresh bread to look a bit doughified inside.

Box I grabbed (didn't check whether white, brown or whatever) is Sour Dough and Rye.

Bread tasted fine but a bit heavy. Did I do it right or do I need more practice?
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