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Bread Problems: Diagnoses And Rescues

Bread Problems: Diagnoses And Rescues — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   F YOU LEAVE SOMETHING OUT: If you have left out one or more of the liquid ingredients-eggs, water, or milk-the dough will be hard and dry after you add the flour. To fix, simply cut and stir omitted liquid into the dough with a wooden spoon. The dough will look lumpy and messy, but will smooth out during kneading.

2. 2

   If you realize during kneading that you have left out butter, sugar, or salt, simply incorporate these ingredients into the dough as you knead. If you do not discover your mistake until after the dough had its first rise, pat dough into a 14-inch square, sprinkle with sugar and-or salt or smear with softened butter, and knead thoroughly (at least 3 minutes) to incorporate the omitted ingredients. Ideally, you should allow the dough to rise again but you may proceed to form the dough at this point.