Help - Sticky Dough

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lindsaysbakery on 7 Nov 2005 at 17:22
Hi, I keep having problems with sticky doughs after I mix the dry and wet indregients. I follow the recipe exactly but the dough is so wet that it is impossible to knead. The dough keeps sticking on the floured board. This is so frustrating. I need to keep adding flour until I can work with the dough and I end up repeating this process for quite a long time that my yeast died sometimes because the dough did not rise. I need some help here. What went wrong? http://lindsaysbakery.blogspot.com
Are you using a mixer to mix your dough? If you are, it sounds like maybe you are over mixing. Dough that is over mixed will release the water and become a shiny, sticky glob. It also won't rise well because the gluten has been broken down. If you are mixing and kneading by hand, then I doubt that is the problem. It is not easy to over mix by hand.
Could it be the flour that´s causing the dough to be overly sticky. I think some flours (brands / types) don´t handle some specified amounts of hydration well. So perhaps you´ll have to adjust the hydration level according to ¨feel¨. :) I have to admit. I have a problem of adding too much water till it becomes too sticky to even knead properly and flouring the work surface is just useless. lol!
Nope, SourdoLady. I mix and knead the dough using hand because I don't have a mixer. I guess I have our mixed by hand? Or I just have to add more flour so that it won't be too sticky. Will bake another bread this week to experiment. http://lindsaysbakery.blogspot.com
It really depends on what you are making, some doughs like Ciabatta have to be wet and sticky, I remember some years ago I made some sweet dough, very wet, almost sloppy. So me being me, thought it was a mistake in the recipe, so added more flour and more flour, results were lousy, :-))). I now make that same recipe as it states and it comes out fine....... :-)))qahtan
This is a good advice... start with all the dry ingredients and then slowly add the wet, til you get it right... Will try it this weekend. What shall I bake? A hotdog bun again? Definitely not pizza... Croissant? Should try something simple for a start. http://lindsaysbakery.blogspot.com