The Easy Way To Tell If Your Bread Is Over-Kneaded (2024)

To see if your dough is over-kneaded, try the "windowpane test" by stretching the dough out enough to see through it, like a windowpane, which indicates that the dough is ready. If you end up over-mixing or -kneading, you'll notice that your dough flops around when you try to stretch it and feels extremely tight and "bouncy."

The Easy Way To Tell If Your Bread Is Over-Kneaded (2024)
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