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Food & crafts => Recipes => Topic started by: DavidandCollette on November 17, 2015, 12:50:51 pm

Title: making bread
Post by: DavidandCollette on November 17, 2015, 12:50:51 pm

Hi the top of my bread always seems to have a gap and so the top crust falls off when it is sliced. I am using Dove spelt flour
Can anyone help please ???

Title: Re: making bread
Post by: Fleecewife on November 17, 2015, 01:01:37 pm

I think it could be when you use a tiny bit too much yeast.  But spelt flour is always a bit temperamental, for me anyway.

Title: Re: making bread
Post by: Louise Gaunt on November 17, 2015, 01:35:09 pm

It sounds as though you may be getting a large bubble of gas during rising. Do you let it rise only once or do you knock it back, knead a bit and then let it rise again? Doing a second rise gives you the opportunity to knock out the big air bubbles. My spelt loaves often don't rise too well at all, but the taste is so good I can forgive that!