Bread is one of those things that I love making but failed often. I know that if I follow Marie's lead and bake through the Bread Bible I will get better, but that's a discussion for another day.
When the bread failed, it's usually still in edible stage, just not the consistency or shape that I think they are supposed to be.
I'm usually blaming the failure on the dryness and high altitude climate here (5,000 feet), and my incompetence. In that order.
