Wet Rye Dough

[ftsun]

I have followed the video for the Artisisan Rye and the finaldough is very wet & sticky unlike the dough in the video. Any suggestions?

[Fermentada (Melissa)]

You could work 1/4 cup more flour into the dough (make it bread flour or all purpose flour if you want less sticky). The rye dough is famously sticky Here’s more info and some tips for handling it during shaping.

Artisanal sourdough rye dough too sticky

This dough is indeed very sticky because of the large amount of rye flour, the sticky molasses, and the water. The best ingredient to reduce if you’d like the dough to be more manageable is probably the water. Start by holding back 60g water or 1/4 cup. Sometimes stickiness comes from the dough being overproofed. If your kitchen is warm, you should shorten the bulk fermentation. Make sure the dough isn’t expanding too much. You can also mix the dough with cold water to slow the bulk fermentatio…