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The water evaporates out of the dough. This is why you sometimes see condensation on the inside oven glass, or why it steams when you cut it open. Simply being "cooked" has many variations - what really happens is evaporation.

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Bread dough will probably be heavier than cooked bread because when it is cooked and heated it will lose water as it evaporates.

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As the buscuit cooks the heat drives off moisture, thus reducing the weight.

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