I am in the middle of making this now, and after some trial and error got the braid done. The dough didn't seem to rise much at all during the first rise. I weigh all of my ingredients, and my kitchen is usually pretty cold, so I have the folding bread proofer for baking. Could I have not kneaded the dough long enough? I used my KitchenAid and kneaded for 7 minutes on #2. The dough looked pretty much like the first picture, but it didn't really get puffy, even after three hours in the proofer. The braid is currently rising, so I'll have to see if that gets puffy.

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