The gas let off by the yeast needs a strong web of gluten strands to contain it, otherwise, your bread will end up dense, with hardly any air bubbles in it. On the other hand, over-kneading your ...

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 ...

This is perhaps the easiest bread to make by hand - with little kneading and no waiting around for it to rise. Treacle gives it an earthy taste, darkens the crumb and crisps up the crust.

While my taste-testers are always excited to eat whatever I make, nothing beats the joy on their faces when I tell them I’ve ...

In fact, he says, "you can make great bread without kneading." Just "mix the bread by hand or with a spoon" until it’s at the "shaggy mass stage… not a finished dough at all", leave it out on ...