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[sakon76]

I can do pies. I am brilliant on pies. So why is it that I can never get bread to do a second rise?

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Some possible reasons

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

From Baking 911: http://www.baking911.com/bread101_shape.htm

Sometimes a dough won't rise. It can be caused by a number of factors: (Reasons bread doesn't rise for the first rising)

The dough has been overworked and forced while shaping it. If you press and pull the dough too much, the air bubbles in it pop, causing it to flatten.
Using too much flour when shaping the dough makes it dense.
Room temperature is too cold.

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

'Cause pies is lots less compulcated than bread. :)

No, seriously. Pies are an art form, whereas bread is more like alchemy. You're trying to create a specific and controlled chemical reaction -- twice! -- even before the ultimate alchemy which is baking.

(Why yes, I once had a character who worked alchemical magic through cooking. Why do you ask?)