Hans Fugal wrote:

> I checked it once after about 20 minutes,
> at which point I was going to remove the baker but it was so pale that I
> put it back in place.

Easy to fix.

Next time remove the cloche at the 20 minute mark. The bread will not
brown under the cloche. Too much moisture. Once the cloche is removed
the bread will proceed to finish as it should. My breads work exactly
the same way; at the 20 minute mark they still look very pale. At the
end they are brown.