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> I have a Hitachi machine. My bread always comes out more like egg
> bread, rises and falls to a flat loaf with crust baking up on each
> side.

I'm no expert, but I've found that when the bread falls in the middle,
it has too much liquid.  Try cutting back a few tablespoons at a time
until it stops sinking in the middle.