I emailed asking for advice on dry milk v. liquid milk, but think I have read the answer in some of the comments above. Thank you! But I can't help commenting on the oven location for rising bread so it's out of the way of a toddler's poking finger. I used to rise my bread on a heating pad on low, but when we moved to Maine, I started rising my bread under the woodstove -- nice and toasty even heat. I came back into the room one day to find my cat had found the dough-filled bowl deliciously toasty as well. She was curled up inside the bowl fast asleep. Well, Edith, thanks for starting my day with a laugh. I've always said, I wonder if a bathtub full of yeast dough would raise me up, or if I'd just sink down... was the cat rising along with the dough, I wonder? When we lived in Maine our dog used to lie with his head under the woodstove - his forehead would get so hot you'd almost burn your finger touching him. I often wondered how he could take it. But under the woodstove is definitely warm; thanks for sharing that tip! PJH

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