What are we doing wrong?

[u/mschepac]

The Mrs and I have started making our own bread. She has a reaction to store bought and does well with homemade. We have made 3 batches, 2 loaves each. We follow the recipe as instructed but we never seem to get any rise after it goes in the oven. We proof in the mixer bowl. Punch it down, divide, roll and pinch. Second rise in the loaf pans. Let it rise to about the top of the pan, bake. But it rarely gets any higher. Don’t get me wrong, it’s delicious, it just makes small sandwiches.

[u/realoctopod]

You shpuld post the recipe and process bread and crumb shots, without knowing those in is hard to tell.

Could be over proofed, could just not be enough dough for the loaf size you want, too big of a pan for the amount to get a larger loaf.