How Do You Knead - I Wouldn't Have the Staying Power!

PasturesNew

All you breadmakers out there.... the single thing that stops me making bread is all that kneading. Any recipe that says knead's in the bin.

I'm happy to make recipes that don't have any kneading .... but how on earth do you manage to knead for 10 minutes?

I've weak wrists .... so would cause an injury if I tried to get physical with dough for 10 minutes.

How do you manage to keep going?

heavenleigh

I make the kids do it!

Popperwell

There are many bread recipes that require no kneading at all...:Dmany recipes on the net and videos on You Tube.

PasturesNew

Popperwell wrote: »

There are many bread recipes that require no kneading at all...:Dmany recipes on the net and videos on You Tube.

I know, I've got loads of them and have been making loads of unkneaded bread for years, usually knocked up in a frying pan to give me a "serves 1" for my chilli

meritaten

get a hand mixer that has a 'kneading hook'! takes all the work out of it.

Butterfly_Brain

I use my kenwood if I don't want to get the breadmaker out

pigpen

I mix it in the breadmaker.. let it do the first rise.. tip it out.. squish it about and divide into rolls

If I have to do it all by hand I knead it for maybe 3-4 minutes.. 10 minutes seems quite excessive.. I have arthritis in my hands and wrists so can't do too much squishing..

peachyprice

I use my Kenwood now, but before I had it I used to do the same as Pigpen. It was the only good use I found for the breadmaker.

ciderwithrosie_2

I'm more for the slap and stretch method, less effort required!

thenanny2die4

I don't knead for 10 minutes. I probably did when I first started to make my own bread because that's what all the recipes said but you quickly learn how to judge the dough has been kneaded sufficiently. I don't have a breadmaker or stand-mixer so I have no choice, but, even if I did, I think I'd still knead by hand. I, too, suffer with painful wrist and finger joints (it's my age...) but I don't find it's difficult really. If I do occasionally find it a bit of a struggle it's because I've been a bit tight with the liquid so the dough doesn't want to stretch. In my experience it's much easier to knead a slightly wet dough, and the sticky stage soon passes. For this reason I always knead on oil (a la Paul Hollywood) rather than flour.

Callie22

You have to build up to 10 minutes. When I worked as a baker years ago I could knead for ages. Whenever I go back and help in the bakery now I can barely manage a couple of minutes kneading before my arms start to ache terribly - it's the same with beating and whipping stuff, when I worked in kitchens I could do this for hours but now, because I do it so rarely, I can really feel it. I don't have a mixer or anything and I made a pavlova by hand the other day and all of the whipping really hurt!