I have made this bread a few times with pretty good results. I am new to bread making. Today when I made it the dough looked good but didn't rise much at all! I finally gave up after an hour and 15 minutes for the second rise since it hadn't risen any more for a while and put it in the oven. It looks nice just short! I had have issues with sticky dough in the past but it always rose nicely...not sure what happened today. good news is I did order some new yeast so maybe that will make things more consistent in the future! I've been using store bought. I find the step by step bogs very helpful! Breads high in sugar and/or fat are slow to rise, and sometimes slower than others, if the flour/liquid ratio is at all weighted towards the flour side... could just be a combination of tiny, inadvertent alterations to the recipe that come together in a perfect storm. Don't give up on this - try again, with new yeast, and hopefully things will turn out just fine. PJH

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