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I have a question for our bakers and chefs and general kitchen superstars - whenever I try to make something doughy - like pretzels or scones - the mix is always way too sticky. I follow the advice on the ingredients, but yeah, too sticky so I end up essentially eating half the mix off my fingertips.
Any suggestions on how to combat this? Is it simply needing to add more flour?
Be sparing when adding more flour as you can accidentally use too much and throw off the ratio. Iβm told that continuing to knead makes it go smooth elastic and become less sticky but maybe a dough scraper would help get it off the surface and back into the dough ball until it reaches that point.
Iβm not a hugely experienced baker but hopefully that helps somewhat
Thanks. I'm going to try make a pizza from scratch next weekend to put in the smoker so trying to figure out ways to avoid the sticky problem. I'll see if I can grab a dough scraper as well :)
When you're mixing in the bowl, if your dough is coming away from the bowl easy then you've got enough flour in there. Before you chuck your hands in there flour them too.
Got my bike after about a decade from a relative's house because we have no room, and whilst the bike is still an okay size (I haven't grown since I was probably 13), the helmet is not. My head must've grown.
Rough night's sleep. Don't feel too rested today.
Work partner is out sick today as well so bleh.
Let the day end already please.
Yeah I think I slept ok but still woke up drained as well. Weird.
The cooling weather is depressing.
