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My sister convinced me to ditch the mixer and hand knead my bread dough

She said I was overworking it and killing the gluten, so I tried her method on a basic white loaf last Sunday. The crumb came out way more open and airy, has anyone else had that switch work for them?
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ryanprice
ryanprice1mo ago
Wait, you're telling me a mixer can actually hurt the gluten?
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jade_grant95
Oh absolutely, you can absolutely wreck your dough by overmixing. It's like taking a perfectly good bicep and just doing curls until it snaps (dramatic but also kinda true).
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