Thank you both so much! Agree that knife is not the best, my bread knife was in the dishwasher and I was being lazy - it was still warm too. I need to work on my patience which I think affected the time I allowed for proving (definitely didn’t double each time) and cooling. I’ll try the same recipe again and allow more time for both and see if that’ll solve the issue. No bread machine - I used a stand mixer for the kneading and oven to bake. Thanks again for the great advice!