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My nephew bet me $20 I couldn't bake bread without a mixer, so I did it by hand and the dough stuck to the ceiling
My nephew was over at my place in Boise last Saturday and saw my stand mixer sitting on the counter collecting dust. He bet me $20 I couldn't make a loaf without it, so I said watch this. I mixed that dough by hand for 12 minutes, got flour on every cabinet, and when I flipped it onto the counter it slapped back and a wad of it flew up and stuck to the ceiling. I had to get a spatula taped to a broom handle to scrape it down while he laughed so hard he almost fell off the stool. The loaf still came out fine, decent crust, good crumb, and he paid up. Now there is a faint gray smear on my ceiling I can't get off. Has anyone figured out a trick for kneading wet dough without turning the kitchen into a war zone?
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henderson.hugo20d ago
My grandma taught me to knead in a big plastic tub she got from a bakery, the kind that held 50 pounds of frosting, because it has high walls that catch anything that tries to escape. I still use her trick of wetting my hands instead of flouring them, the dough sticks to you way less that way and comes together in about 8 minutes. For the ceiling smear, try a warm damp rag with a drop of dish soap and let it sit for a bit, it softens right up. My brother still finds dried dough bits in his kitchen curtains from the time he tried this, so you are in good company.
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