Baking bread can be hard, especially if you over-knead it. Dough that is over-worked will come out of the oven with a tough crust and dry interior — not exactly the soft, fluffy pillow you were ...

The dough will be shaggy and sticky ... until the loaf is beautifully browned. Remove the bread from the Dutch oven and let it cool on a rack for at least 1 hour before slicing.

We make one in each stand mixer and count how many times we have to stop to scrape down the sides. Kneading bread dough Enjoy the taste of homemade bread? Our top stand mixers do all the heavy lifting ...