white bread

[ellisbell]

I give this recipe three and a half spoons; not because the recipe is deficient, but rather, that's what I would rate my final product. I think there is the possibility for four spoons once I become more adept at bread-making. I also take one half spoon off for the fact that my entire kitchen was covered in flour. This is very messy, though I am

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[suegypt]

Mmmm.... that looks really good!

What little I know about making bread by hand tells me the extra flour made it dense and heavy. Try a little less next time, and have the flour out on your board instead of adding it to the dough. Put it on your hands before picking up the ball to knead, and keep adding to your hands, not the dough ball. I think it will be less dense if you do that...

[ellisbell]

Probably, but it just seemed way too sticky to put on the board at all until I added the extra. Like, it would have just stuck to the board regardless of the extra flour on the board, you know? I'll keep trying, but it was very frustrating. The end result was not too dense, just denser than I would want for a sandwich.

[seidhr]

Sometimes with sticky dough you can use the stretch and fold method and it firms up nicely without needing more flour.

Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1timJlCT3PM

ETB: too many words