The 7 Punched Survivor

I did a 'double bake day', and one loaf wouldn't fit in the oven. I was following the basic sourdough bread recipe and did one white, one rye.

As it didn't fit, I kept on punching it down as in the recipe.  Then we had to go out, so I punched it down some more, and some more.

In the end it was punched down 7 times, then baked as normal.

I thought the yeast might run out of steam, but it came just fine.

I wouldn't say any better, or worse, than a normal loaf, but shows you can flex the bake to suit your day.

Awesome.