Bread & Pastries/sinking bread

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Expert: Heinz Henze - 12/11/2008


Question
I have a problem with baked bread, it rises and bakes great, but when i take the loaf out of the pan to cool it starts to sink on the sides. why?  please help.
              thank you Eleanor

Answer
Hi Eleanor,
I believe that you are proofing to dough too much.  Try cutting the final proof time by ten minutes and see if that helps improve the finished loaf.  When you over proof the dough the air pockets inside of it get too big and when the bread cools it doesn't have the structure it needs to maintain it's shape.  Let me know if this works for you, happy baking.

Have a great day,

Heinz

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Heinz Henze

Expertise

I can answer questions about various breads, pastries, doughnuts, cakes, and desserts. I have a good grasp and limited experience in chocolate and sugar work.

Experience

I have 20 years of experience in the Foodservice Industry with about 15 of those years in various bakeries, from all scratch baking to bake off operations. I come from a family of bakers and have been baking since before I could write my own name. I am currently the General Manager of a retail/wholesale bakery that produces 600-800 dozen doughnuts, danish, pastries, and cookies per day.

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I attended Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island where I obtained an A.A.S in international Pastry Arts and a B.S in Foodservice Management.

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