Hi El! We're so sorry to hear your bread ended up in the trash! It's hard to say exactly what went wrong without a little more information. In most cases it's no longer necessary to dissolve your active dry yeast in lukewarm water, however, because this recipe calls for using "cool" water, it might be harder to get active dry yeast off to a good start in this particular recipe. If you don't have instant yeast available, I would recommend dissolving your active dry yeast in about 1/4 cup lukewarm water and letting it sit for about 10 minutes before aading the remaining 1 1/4 cups of cool water. For more help troubleshooting what might have gone wrong, please don't hesitate to give our Baker's Hotline a call at 855-371-2253. We're here M-F from 9am-9pm EST, and Saturday and Sunday from 9am-5pm EST. 

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