Shoutout to my grandma for telling me to chill on the dough hydration

When I started baking bread a few years ago I kept making dough that was WAY too sticky. My grandma watched me struggle one Sunday and said 'honey you gotta feel the dough not measure it to death.' I thought she was just old school but she was right. After I stopped blindly following recipes and started adjusting water by a tablespoon at a time my loaves came out perfect. Has anyone else had a family member give you baking advice that ended up being spot on?

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emery1918d ago

My mom taught me the same thing with pie crusts - she'd yell at me for overworking the dough and told me to just use my fingertips instead of the whole hand. Game changer for sure lol.

kelly_west7418d ago

My friend wrecked three crusts before her neighbor whispered that tip through the fence and fixed everything.