Baking SOS: how to solve 10 common bread problems by Luis Troyano

Great British Bake Off 2014 finalist, Luis Troyano, set up his own baking school, wrote an extensive cookbook and became a BBC Good Food favourite along the way - the lemon meringue cake recipe he created just for us is a true sight to behold.AdvertisementLuis won star baker in bread week, so it's only natural we spoke to him about all things dough for our series of troubleshooting baking articles. Read on to discover how Luis would tackle common bread problems...Problem one: My dough isn’t rising.Luis’ solution: A lot of people think dough won't rise unless they leave it for several hours and leave it somewhere really warm. Really, you don’t need anything special to make dough rise. I always use instant yeast as it’s the most reliable, then normal cold water (if you use tepid water make sure to knead the dough for 10 minutes by hand or six minutes in a machine). You don’t need anywhere warm, just pop it on the side and it will definitely rise in one or two hours. If it doesn’t rise, i...