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Help with Cinnamon Raisin Oven Spring

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Cinnamon Raisin Brick Shape ?

I've been making Peter Rheinhart's Cinnamon R/W bread for some time now. It rises well enough in the loaf pan. A good inch above the rim. However, there is no oven spring whatsoever. In fact, it recedes slightly below the rim. The resulting loaf resembles a brick, not the nice domed loaf I prefer. The crumb is nice enough though, not squished at all. The yeast is good, I use it with success on my weekly weekend Baguettes à la Bouabsa. Any thoughts?