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It's been a while since I last tried to bake bread -- it's mostly because my boyfriend's sister moved out and took the measuring cups and spoons (they were hers) and I haven't replaced them yet. I still haven't, but today I decided to measure the ingredients with what I had. I still used the recipe for the basic loaf provided in TFL's Lesson #1. First, I checked to see what the average weight of flour is (I have a kitchen scale).

I've been wanting to learn how to cook and bake certain things for a while -- especially bread -- and I finally did it. I made one loaf yesterday that came out rather doughy on the inside, hard crust, and even harder bottom crust. Here are the things I think I did wrong with it: