Finally, a loaf to be proud of!

For the past couple of months I've been experimenting with recipes from the book Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. I've made several basic boules, which definitely don't go to waste in our carb-loving household, but I was looking for something more. I wanted to be able to make a good loaf for sandwiches, and the small boules just weren't enough. So I turned to the white sandwich bread recipe in the book, which was good, but my loaves just weren't turning out big enough for sandwiches, or at least they weren't looking like what I used to buy at the store. Now, the dough recipe says it's enough to make 3 loaves. Well, my first attempts to piece the dough into thirds yielded smallish loaves that did not fill my loaf pan more than halfway like the recipe said. So, this last time I decided to take the remaining 2/3 of the dough and bake it all at once. I also finally got myself an oven thermometer, and lo and behold, yes, my oven temp was off too. Had to dial the oven up to 355 to get the thermometer to register 350. The result? Yes, it's good, but not so good that I need the pic to be this big. Darn you dropbox!