I have tried this recipe twice. The dough hasn't risen either time. They taste wonderful but they came out flatter like biscuits or hockey pucks, as my son calls them. My yeast is new, I used the beater in my mixer, not the dough hook and followed the recipe exactly. Both times the dough was very dense after mixing, more like cookie dough, not pliable and elastic like bread dough. The second time I tried them I used medium speed on my mixer, not high and let them rise for 3 hours thinking that 1-2 hours wasn't long enough. They didn't quite double, but they did rise. But during the second rise, they didn't rise much at all. And they didn't puff up at all while baking. Suggestions please!

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