Hello, First I'd like to say that this blog is amazing, and has really encouraged me to get more into bread baking. I love this recipe and have made two batches in the last two weeks. They taste great, and have the holey structure I'm looking for.... but.... My problem is that the baguettes are definitely more short and squat rather than tall and round. I know this is a wet-ish dough, so thats the nature of the beast, but I still feel like if I just did something different, they would be nice and round. I tried using a couche on the last round, and moving them off the cloth to parchment paper went badly. Any other suggestions I should try? Thanks very much, and keep up to good work ! Are you sure your oven is hot enough? A blistering hot oven should take that slack dough and puff it right up. They probably won't be perfectly round, but should get some height to them. Also, you're spraying the dough with water, right? Try also putting a pan in the bottom of the oven, and adding boiling water right as you put the baguettes in. In order to rise their highest, baguettes need their crust to be moist and supple. Speaking of, they're well-covered as they rise, right? Finally, you might want to back off on the water in the dough just a bit - especially at this time of the year, when it's humid, the dough can simply become too slack, yielding flatter loaves. Next batch, try 2 1/2 cups water - see if that happens. Good luck - glad you're enjoying your baguette experience! PJH

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