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Not a good start...

I decided to stray from the no knead bread recipe.  I used 1/2c oats and 1/2c bran flour along with a cup of whole wheat flour and cup of white flour.  I also dusted the counter with corn meal (the recipe called for corn flour) on the towel to help with the counter to oven transfer.  I learned that it's not a good idea to bake your first loaf of bread - ever - with that much whole grain.  I think the whole grain is what made it so flat.  That and the piss poor transfer from the towel to the oven pan.  It folded up on me like a taco.  The corn meal that covered the top of the dough came out as a baked-on crust.  Not good.  The inside was moist.  I had to peel away the crust to get to it thought.  There will be changes next time...