Bread-Bakers v098.n002.20

Ok, folks, before I start wasting my ingredients, does anyone out there
know how to proof bread in water?
First you put the dough in a pan.  When the dough floats, it's supposed to
be doubled in bulk.
Should I use sof water?
TIA
Later,
Jazzbel
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"I will not dwell upon ragouts or roasts,
Albeit all human history attests
That happiness for man- the hungry sinner!-
Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner"
--Lord Byron's Don Juan