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Yes, you can have too much oven spring!

Sabina's picture
Sabina

Yes, you can have too much oven spring!

Like when you put too much dough in your bread pan and fail to lower the oven rack:


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At least it ended up light and fluffy, if a bit deformed:
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pmccool's picture
pmccool

With a wink and a nod to Carl Sandburg's poem Chicago, wherein he called it the city of the big shoulders.

Looks like you could make some heroic sandwiches with that.

Paul

Davey1's picture
Davey1

What can ya do - except eat it. You'll remember next time. Enjoy!

Precaud's picture
Precaud

I consistently have too much oven spring, it's the #1 thing I deal with in most bakes, especially with yeasted white breads.

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Dave Cee

...done that, too.

 

 

I baked it inside a covered roaster...but the lid was too low...

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Sabina

Looks delicious anyway!