February 21, 2014 - 7:57am
Not getting the rise or oven spring
I've been trying to bake no knead bread. And it comes out lovely. Good crumb, taste and crust BUT I am not getting much of a rise. After 24 hours it pretty much is only about 1.5 x the size of the original dough and there is no oven spring at all. Lots of holes, it just seems to be too dense. The recipe I am using says that the original dough should expand 2 - 3x the original size and I am just not getting that. Also the oven spring isn't there either. I am preheating my casserole dish but there is no spring. The bread is the same size as the dough was going in.