This looks delicious! My first batch sadly failed, I'm a novice and used the red star active dry yeast I have along with the KAF bread flour. Since the recipe uses instant dry yeast, I forgot to activate the yeast in the water (I don't cook very often) and it was a disaster! A few mistakes later trying to revive it I had to throw it away. I'll try again with the right flour and dissolving my yeast in the warm water for 10 minutes, wish me luck! Good for you, Lionel, not to give up. Active Dry yeast just doesn't like to be asked to do any heavy lifting before it wakes up. I can relate. Susan

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