I'm having problems baking bread.  Why is it dry with a coarse grain?

If your homemade bread is dry and has a coarse grain, it may be due to one of the following reasons:

• too much flour added;
• dough not kneaded long enough;
• rising period too long; or
• the oven temperature was too low.

Barbara Willenberg, Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia.