Holy Oven Spring!
Just made two loaves of sourdough sandwich bread. I usually use mostly wheat flour but today I wanted to see how big a difference white flour would make. After six hours of rising (2 hours 1st then 4 hours 2nd rise) the breads only rose up to the rim of the pans. I put them in a cold oven and turn it to 375F for 40 minutes. Right before the oven reached its temperature of 375F I looked through the glass window. Holy oven spring! The two loaves shot up at least twice of their original height. I knew I would get some oven sping, but never thought I would get that much. I had to cover the loaves for the last 10 minutes because the tops were looking a bit brown. Other than that, the two loaves turned out pretty.
The large loaf:
The smaller loaf: