Finally success! After getting a sunken top three times in a row in my pan de mie pan, I called your baking advisor to learn what was wrong. I was told to completely deflate my dough. Your printed instructions say only to form the dough into 13 inch log to fit the pan, which I did. The dough had risen in my bread machine, so I lightly formed it, and put it in the pan with poor resuslts each time. After deflating it thoroughly, I now have a lovely loaf - thank you to your good baker! You might want to add that advice to your instructions. Glad it worked for you, Mary. I don't deflate my dough; in the process of shaping it, it becomes pretty thoroughly deflated, but I don't like to really pound on it. I think whatever works for you, go for it - to each his own, eh? PJH

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