This is an Alien...eeek! Not something I see a lot of around these parts. I wanted to show this though because it is a very common problem when it comes to bread. The mutant loaf. I think it has super powers from radiation therapy. Pretty sure. Yea, she looks like a princess now, but wait until I turn her sideways...
Eeee-eee-eee... It raised really nicely over the pan. That is a goooo thing. What I didn't like was the overhangin' and the random dough that outgrew it's shell...
The sliced loaf really reveals it's odd shape. That's all I'll say about that.It's like the wrong pair of jeans cutting me in half...boink. I have a friend who calls those "muffin top jeans"...
The main cause for this loaf looking like this? I didn't pre-heat my oven and I had a little too much dough in the pans. So, as the loaf rose, the oven temperature wasn't hot enough to kill the yeast action or to set up the protein fast enough for the loaf to set and hold in the shape. Note to self... don't be lazy about the pre-heat. I don't usually get lazy...and now, looking at this little princess, I remember why. There you go.
