River Cottage

Hi Lilly
Sorry it was you that I was replying to not liz, Hope it works for you as there is nothing more enjoyable than a perfectly made loaf of bread made by your own hands.
All the best.
Montgomery

Hi Montgomery,
I'm not quite sure wether you are replying to Liz or me but your information is usefull anyway, thank you!
I'm using dried yeast, so that explains the "burning out" on the second rising. I have been experimenting with putting it in a slightly warmer spot for the second rising and leaving it longer.
But I'll also see what happens if I leave it to rise just once, and then straight into the oven...
Thank you again.

Hi Liz
The second rising will take a lot longer to achieve as it is not as active as the first rising, also it depends on what type of yeast you are using, if it is fresh yeast you should be able to get a good second,third and sometimes a fourth rising from the dough but it does take longer between risings to achieve the right size, If you are using fast acting dried yeast then it is only really meant for 1 rising as it does tend to burn itself out so to speak, try giving it a first rising with this type,if this is the type you are using and see how it turns out, if using fresh yeast try and give it a little longer to rise and see if this works better.

Hi everyone,
Each time I make the bread it rises beautifully the first time (it gets a "Wow!" out of me every time), but after deflating and re-shaping it never seems to rise enough the second time. This leaves the bread somewhat "heavy". I have just been watching the River Cottage Every Day bread episode to compare the size of the ready-to-bake risen loaves with my own, and mine are definately smaller. I put them on a wooden board and cover them with a warm damp teatowel as instructed, and leave them in the exact same place as during the first rising.
Does anybody know what I might be doing wrong? Or does anybody have any tips?
Thank you very much in advance!
Lilly

Liz
Double the amount of fresh yeast to dried and yes to just disolving in warm water.

I mostly use fresh yeast when baking bread. How much should I use instead of dried yeast and should I just follow desolve the yeast in the liquid.

Thanks for an amazingly simple recipe. I made half the mixture and threw it in a loaf tin and won 1st prize in my local agricultural show :)

I love this recipe! I have been making it for a few weeks now and I don't think I will ever buy bread from the store again. It is so easy and my kids love it too. :)

I made this recipe for the first time . Managed to produce two beautiful loaves. The next day made into bunes grated chesse on them and halfed the cooking time. Wow it worked

Works a treat been making for few weeks now all the family love it.