Just a shot in the dark, but I had a real problem with loaf pans a
while back, and after I got all stressed out about it, I found out that
I was using quick bread pans for trying to bake recipes measured for
bread. Quick bread pans (the ones most used for banana bread and such)
seem just a bit bigger but make alot of difference. The bread rises to
the top, you bake it, and it falls or gets a hollow crust. That was my
experience anyways. I like my crust pretty um, crusty, so thats what I
go for, so cant help with that....

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