I echo everyone here about the brilliance of how to make two small loaves; for the two of us it's great. Oh, and the bread makes great French toast.
However, there was a small problem with your instructions. I used the weights, which I preferred. The ingredients called for 19 ounces of bread flour in the dough. However, the instructions called for 4 1/2 cups of flour. Since one cup of bread flour weights 4 7/8 ounces, the 4 1/2 cups would actually be almost 22 ounces. I used the 19 ounces, 4 tablespoons of water and it came out perfectly.
Difference is in measuring, Lindsay - we use the sprinkle and sweep method, which yields a weight of 4 1/4 ounces for 1 cup of bread flour. Take a look at our how to measure flour page for both instructions, and a video. Glad your bread came out well anyway! PJH
October 18, 2009 at 7:03pm