I just made this and I probably should have asked this before baking but I figured I would give it a try anyway and see what happens. So I made the dough with my bread machine and turned it out into a separate pan for baking. I followed the steps in the recipe but my bread, even though it rose in the pan, looks like it's flattening out as it cools. It tastes wonderful but it either feels very slightly underdone (I don't have a digital thermometer) or it didn't rise as well as it should have. Now I'm questioning a couple of the steps and how I followed them. The yeast: do you dissolve either one in 2 Tbsp of the water called for? Or only just the active dry yeast? I dissolved the correct amount of instant in the water and then added it but maybe I wasn't supposed to? And when it's in the bread machine going through the dough cycle, was I supposed to proof it again after the cycle is completely done (when the timer goes off)? Or was it okay to skip right to forming the log and putting it into the pan? I have more than enough to make this again (which I will) but would like some feedback before I do. Thank you so much!

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