Follow the recipe?

Following the recipe doesn't always work. That was the case yesterday when I made the Amish bread. The Amish bread requires a few "risings and kneadings". On the last rise you're supposed to put the dough into the loaf pan and let it rise for about 30 min, then bake at 350 degrees for 30 min. When I opened the oven door (I heat the oven to 200 degrees, turn it off and place the dough in there to rise) one of the loaf pans had a creature, similar to the blob, trying to escape from its certain doom of being cooked alive. There wasn't anything I could do but fold the dough over, give it a turn and hope for the best. The other loaf looked as if it was the ultimate loaf, like it had obeyed my every command with perfect precision. So as I worried about the blob loaf and was glad I had at least on good loaf out of the two, inside the oven was completely the opposite of what I was expecting. I opened up the oven door and the ultimate loaf had ultimately failed. It had two depressions that made it look like a frozen wave in the Bering Sea. The blob loaf was beautiful, it was like it had learned its lesson, repented and chosen a life of excellence. We ate the entire blob loaf at dinner, I must add there were 6 of us at the table--we had company over for dinner, we all had two slices. Speaking of dinner, I made broccoli potato soup. Between the bread and the soup the house smelled like a combination of garlic and beer! All in all, the soup was creamy and flavorful and the bread was delicious...the perfect combination!