Wait a minute! Last night’s bread (in photo at left) was not even as good as previous attempts to make the AB5 Master Dough. Why??? Well, don’t waste too much time puzzling it through, because I just figured it out! On their website, the authors of Artisan Bread in Five estimate a cup of flour at 5 ounces (ie 141g) BUT most people estimate it a bit less, like between 4 and 4.5 (closer to 125g). It’s not a lot, but what I just realized that it is probably enough to make a difference. My trustworthy “Artisan Bread in Five” bread is suffering, ironically, due to my newfound snobbishness about exactitude and scaling all ingredients ! Oh… my… gosh. If this is so, I totally feel betrayed! Look at the crumb of the bread in the picture above. Quite (um) crumbly , right ??? Except…this is not, by nature, a crumbly bread. Unless you have tossed in too much flour, which, of course I have, thanks to the authors’ own recommendations . But, of course, dumb, dumb me for assum