I use my Kitchen Aid stand mixer and hand to knead the dough for soft bread,however, I always knead the dough by hand for hard bread. I tried this method for hard bread, the crumb turned out weird. It didn’t taste right.
How to get the windowpane for soft bread
For instant yeast bread
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Divide 1/3 flour and the 2/3 flour in separate bowls and add the all other dry ingredients in the 1/3 flour bowl.
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Add all the liquid and mix at 6-8 speed for 2-3 minutes until very smooth.
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9and knead for 15-20 minutes until…. * The dough gets gassy while kneading, which is a good sign ( the dough is fermenting) to know that you can go to next step.
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For Levain bread:
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Knead by hand for 10 minutes until …* The dough gets gassy while kneading, which is a good sign( the dough is fermenting) to know that you can go to next step.
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you can see the windowpane.
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I have a Professional 600 Kitchen Aid stand mixer.
I have a story of my Kitchen Aid mixer.
How small the teeth are!
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