Doing bread today 10 am start yest, 10 pm, feed and knead, 9 am form, let rise for 1-2. Bake. I took some pics along the way to show the advantage on a second rise for some of my fellow bread heads.
First rise....This is 3 cups/12 hours. It's now alive, but notice how much space is left in the bowl
Second rise.........it's godzilla. Look at the bowl now.....only added 2 cups flour for the 2nd feed, and it's to the top!
Now I cut that in half.........makes a round and then cut the other half into 4 pieces for the rolls. Form and let rise.
Here's the crumb pic, on the round from a few days ago.
I've baked more than my share of bricks and wet yeasty beasty's, lol. Rye in particular, is humbling. The loaf above is a white bread, very close to Pane di Casa from the Bronx/ArthurAve. Cut the slices at 3/4" and make french toast...ummmm!