Sandwich bread, yay!

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I'm really happy with how this loaf came out. It's soft and light and tender. Also, huge - it rose way too much and flopped over the loaf pan, so each slice kind of looks like the Motley Fool logo (I think that's what I'm thinking of - little square head with a jester cap), it's pretty close to double the volume it should be and won't quite fit in the bread box (but it is not, I think, bigger than a breadbox) -  but I'm pretty sure I know how to fix that next time. If I cut down the flour  and water to accomodate the starter (duh, right? But when it was not rising very much in my cold kitchen, didn't seem like I needed to do that) and don't leave it rising overnight I think it'll be just about perfect. 

This particular loaf is so soft it's hard to slice, and the slices probably won't fit in the toaster. Oops.

I am out of baking powder, and don't have cream of tartar lying around, so I  made pancakes today using a substitution I just learned - baking soda and molasses for baking powder. I left out the sugar figuring the molasses had that covered, but I couldn't figure out a way to decrease the liquids easily, so the pancakes were thinner than usual, but rose pretty well and tasted good.