Samartha Deva wrote:

...I find this inconclusive and that's why I brought it up....

... If you have a wet dough, you can't
dimple because the dough sticks to your finger - then what? Don't have a
method to determine baking time and can't bake?...

Someone, Perhaps Janet Bostwick, suggested lightly pressing the palm of your hand
or the flat of your fingers against the dough to determine the state of the rise.
The results are not as easy to describe as poking the dough with a finger and
seeing if the dimple fills in, but with practice you get more information about
the dough. Flour the dough or the fingers if the dough is sticky.

If you have long experience with a certain recipe, after a while you can tap the
pan or basket and see how the vibration propagates through the dough to check the
state of the dough.

Speaking here of plain white bread. I only attempt rye when I am taunted into it
by Ticker. That is usually when she feels my ego needs to be taken down a notch
or two.

Regards,

Charles

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Charles Perry
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