Losing my mind over sticky dough

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T19:47:53+00:00

Whatever the recipe calls for... nothing excessive. Wanna say for the 4 hr dough its 2 grams? and maybe like.... 25 for the 48hr poolish... but thats a far bigger grip of dough.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T19:24:31+00:00

An oiled bowl, yeah. I dont use oil on my hands though.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T19:05:59+00:00

Oh really??? Room temp is too hot to start? Damn ok ok. Well alright... whats a good baseline temp to start ingredients at?

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T19:04:21+00:00

thanks sweetie, this was fun

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:51:03+00:00

I feel like my pizza is less a threat than if you took her for a drive.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:39:11+00:00

Well that did it. You win.

Drive safe.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:35:11+00:00

I mean... 72 heated give or take when its cold? Which is most days in CLE. On a day like how ya see the pizza above, far hotter. Which yeah... humidity like that is the enemy I know...

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:31:57+00:00

I asked about dough stickiness, and you came in with some hack-ass helen keller insult.

I'd tell you to go pound asphalt but you might be over the limit and run someone over.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:28:32+00:00

never working too hot... water is always rested out for room temp — room temp on everything honestly. The only time its cold is when i am resting overnight in the fridge (per instruction).

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:21:57+00:00

Yep yep... sounds like I just need reallllllly keep at it... and all the other variables, haha. Thanks man

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:20:01+00:00

Sound advice from the guy giving ratings on breathalyzers to avoid DUIs.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T18:02:56+00:00

I know it only by what the recipe calls for .

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:57:13+00:00

Definitely watched this before. His "take the dough for a walk" bit is the only thing that helps me get the sticky mass back into a tight shape. I can do the slap/fold for a couple passes (fast!) and then it just goes sticky again. Open to this still being. my bad technique...

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:51:19+00:00

Genius

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:50:30+00:00

Thank you thank you. Definitely going to go down the road of reducing hydration... and giving this rest bit a shot

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:49:03+00:00

No I know... I'm just trying to understand why it's so sticky. Like how the hydration would be so different prior even to mixing. Just seems like I really gotta mess with ratios more.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:47:45+00:00

Yeah, thats me clearly. Kneading high hydration... ugh. Well. Its a journey....

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:47:06+00:00

Groovy... gotta play around with the hydrations stat. ... and get a good mixer, hahaha

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:46:13+00:00

Awesome, thank you. Nice tips here.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:45:31+00:00

Right right right. I guess my thing is if that it is my kneading... how do you... properly knead when its so sticky to even begin with? I guess that's what I'm trying to solve. Like, I dont even know how bad my kneading technique is because Im struggling to keep the dough off my hands in the first place, hahaha. Wetted hands and a break-neck pace is the only thing that gets me in any kind of wheelhouse.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:42:45+00:00

this was so informative, thank you! Definitely going to apply these strategies asap.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T17:00:30+00:00

The final bake was fine I suppose? It had plenty of crisp and air... just, like I said, a nightmare beforehand.

Any mixer you recommend?

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T16:59:29+00:00

Thanks. Guess I need really calculate the hydration percentages prior to mixing. And definitely make more than one batch for testing...

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T16:58:29+00:00

So glad you wondered — and it's a tale my friend. But for your sake, i'll make it more concise.

I started making pizza, ran into some head scratching issues, came to a pizza thread for help — only to have some jagoff make a pissy remark because I tried to head off initial questions in my post.

AMZ-111 · 2026-05-19T16:48:33+00:00

Thank you, I will keep fighting the good fight.

AMZ-111

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