I have so much trouble getting a rectangle the right size when making multiple loaves of bread. It's always too long or wide for my bread pans. What's the trick?
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Best Answer
Practice, practice, practice. That's the only way you learn shaping.
I find the biggest help to get consistent loaves is to weigh the pieces of dough. If they are all the same size, then it's easier to shape consistently.
Shaping for loaf pans is just the very beginning too. Once you get the hang of it, there's a whole world of shapes to conquer, as the Formes de pains website demonstrates.