[Sca-cooks] bread, again

[Antonia Calvo]

Patricia Dunham wrote:
> Ah, a bread machine recipe.  I have developed a theory that bread 
> machine recipes often call for butter or some other fat, that wouldn't 
> appear in a non-machine recipe--- for purposes of making the dough 
> less "sticky"? in the bucket???  and thereby straining the paddle 
> motor?  Anybody know if my thinking on this is on-track, or wonky?
>

I don't think so.  Dough with fat is very sticky at the beginning of the 
kneading process and less sticky after kneading.  Dough without fat is 
the same.


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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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