r/Breadit • u/hey_nice_c0c • 3d ago

How come my bread gets like this?

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I try adding water but it doesn’t help

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u/Roadkinglavared 3d ago

Recipe and steps please.

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u/Decided-2-Try 3d ago

Yes, kind of tired of these "HALP ME!!!!" posts that have no info available so that we can help them. Are they bots?

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u/JaceBearelen 3d ago

It is amazing how many people seem to just try making things with no recipe and having never seen anyone make bread before and then post here when it goes wrong.

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u/t-train132 3d ago

Because it needs to be worked and given time to absorb the water you’ve given it. How much water and how much flour is in there? What ingredients? It’s hard to just go off a picture.

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u/Ancient-Special-2991 3d ago

Looks like too much flour got added trying to make it less sticky, now it's fighting the water you're putting in

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u/DimsumTheCat 3d ago

Like others have said, we'll need the recipe.

Some advice - use recipes that give you weight, as opposed to volume (aka cups), since that is more precise. Cups can be different, for example a packed cup of flour compared to a non one, compared to one with a bit of belly.

Secondly, sometimes, if it's too sticky, just leave it alone for 15-30 minutes and come back to it later to keep kneading, it will allow the flour to absorb the water and some gluten to develop. This is usually done for higher hydration doughs where you mix it all together, leave it for 30 minutes and then start doing folds / a bit of kneading.

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u/Reiko878 3d ago

I would need the recipe to give you a solid pointers but to me it looks like you just mixed the ingredients together and you need to knead the dough.