How to knead bread dough

Here’s what you knead to know: Manipulating your yeast dough just takes practice. Watch our tip video to see the correct form for kneading dough. Follow along and see how the finished result should look, then practice on your own.


Instructions: Turn your dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Using the tips of your fingers, fold the dough back onto itself. Using the center of your hand, push the dough away from you. Turn the dough 90° and repeat, flouring the board as necessary, until the dough is smooth.

As you get used to the motion, you can speed up; but remember that good form is more important than speed!

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Tuck, roll, rotate 90 degrees, tuck, roll, rotate, repeat. Thank you for the tutorial. I never knew.

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[KingArthurBakingCompany]

Hi there! The basic explanation of the technique is in the video description. As to why one kneads, this is to help strands of gluten form in your bread in a way that is not so harsh that it then breaks these strands unnecessarily. Rotating the dough with each kneading motion ensures that these strands form in all directions. Hope that helps! -👩‍🍳Kat

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I've only made bread using a friend's dough hook and I'm trying this on my own. Thanks for the help.

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