I made this for the first time last night. It's about as dense as a pound cake. Where did I go wrong? As for the areas of possibility, I did my kneading with my stand mixer for a guessed amount of time. All I know is that supposedly you only knead by machine for a fraction of the time you would by hand. The dough rested in the bowl as directed, got puffy and about 1.5x its size in a covered, oiled bowl and then rose almost an inch over the top the loaf pan before I baked it. These things happened pretty quickly as I was using rapid rise yeast and it was a hot day here. I have no experience making bread at all, so I'd appreciate any help I can get. Thank you so much!

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