We're sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your bread machine, Leigh! It sounds like the dough is becoming over-proofed, are you using the preheat setting along with warm ingredients? This could cause the dough to rise faster than the machine is expecting and cause the dough to be over-proofed and collapse while baking which can make for a dense loaf. We'd recommend using cooler ingredients next time around to see if this helps. Another reason the bread might be turning out dense is that a tad too much flour snuck its way into the mixing bowl — we recommend either using a kitchen scale to weigh your ingredients or using the fluff and sprinkle technique for measuring flour in volume. We hope this helps for future baking adventures! 

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