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I am no expert, but would wonder if the yeast was all it should be?
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Could be a bad batch of yeast.
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different temperature wherever she is leaving it to prove?
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Change in flour, be it the quality or brand this could be down to the manufacturer rather than your wife.
Perhaps your oven is on the way out.
TBH I would leave it - if the loaves are only smaller - I would not interfere.
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I'd go with the yeast theory................
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cold air or old yeast are the two main reasons for the bread not rising......
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I'm having the same problem joe. In fact I've given up on making bread altogether. I agree with craft it's the yeast. I cant get the ordinary dried yeast that I used to use. The only stuff I can get is the fast acting stuff and I hate it.
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Waitrose sell dried yeast............
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No Waitrose around here craft...plus, I've had so many duff loaves of bread I am officially not making bread ever again !
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lol mazie it is very rare that I make any as living on my own it's not worth it. I did go through a phase of trying my hand at some speciality breads.
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I use a bread maker to mix the dough, then cook it in the oven. It's never failed yet.
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I've made bread for over 25 years craft. When the kids left I gave it a rest... I decided about 6 months ago to start making it again and it's been a disaster. I hand knead mine and it always turned out really well. I only ever made white or brown bread....
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I agree with carrust - I don't like the way the breadmaker actually cooks the loaf (the crust seems too thick and not actually 'crusty' enough) - but using a breadmaker to make the dough and then cooking in a conventional oven is incredibly easy and produces the goods every time.
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plenty of suppliers for fresh yeast on line supposed to be better than the dried stuff
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I love my breadmaker. Have recently got into making sourdough and it makes a good loaf in the breadmaker and a superb loaf if made in the breadmaker then raised again and baked in the oven. I have got allinsons fast yeast and it works well.
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You can buy fresh yeast at Sainsbury's.
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I am another who used bread maker to make the dough and cooks it in the oven. Great loaf every time. Asda at one time used to give out fresh yeast at the bakery section (you had to ask for it) free of charge. I don't know if they still do this. May be worth a try.
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Tesco used to as well. I think that not all tescos actually make the bread there though.
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My local Asda do still give out fresh yeast - free of charge.
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Question Author
Thank you for all your help and advice. We have located source of fresh yeast and local advice so will try this for our nexr batch of bread. We think that dried yeast was the probable problem althoug why the bread should be excellent for year and suddenly become 'flat' is anybodies guess. We will see. Many thanks
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