I had been baking a 12-18 hour no-knead dutch oven bread and was anxious to try this one as it offered a loaf in 1 1/2 hours. Weighed everything on a gram scale except the water and 2 packets of instant yeast. First loaf 9 hours later came out marginal, not really a boule, more like a very dense wet ciabatta. The second loaf two days later did not rise at all in the hour and was more like a dense wet sponge cake. Disappointed I don't even know if I want to bake the third loaf. The dough is very wet. What went wrong?

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