Amy, it does sound unusual that you always need so much more flour than a recipe intends--more frequently, we hear from customers who have the opposite problem. Are you using King Arthur All-Purpose Flour? A lower protein flour would perform differently and may require additional flour to pull together. It sounds like you've got the right idea with kneading, but perhaps you're expecting the dough to come together more tightly than it needs to in the bowl, thus requiring more flour. This video tip demonstrates kneading by hand, but dough kneaded in a mixer will look the same when it's fully kneaded, so it may help. Feel free to give our Baker's Hotline a call too at 855-371-BAKE if we can answer any additional questions. Mollie@KAF

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