I couldn't wait to bake this bread after reading all the comments! It just looks SO amazing. However, I baked the bread twice and both loaves came out extremely dense. The first time I used a bread machine and the dough looked extremely dry and didn't come out well at all. The second time I followed the blog instructions and mixed it in a stand mixer. When I first mixed everything together, it came out extremely dry. And by the time I was done kneading, it was pretty tough. It rose a little, but the finished product was a dry dense loaf. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...I hope I can make this bread someday...
I am sorry to hear that you had trouble with the recipe. I think you may have had too much flour in your dough. Please give us a call on the baker's hotline so that we may further assist you with this. ~Amy @KAF
January 28, 2011 at 9:18pm