This happened to me recently, and I was baffled, until internet research diagnosed the problem: the dough had overfermented because I had let it sit at room temperature way too long, and the gluten structure broke down, turning it into flour soup. Just let it do the bulk fermentation for a shorter period of time if the temperature is that warm.
July 22, 2020 at 7:18pm
In reply to I cut the recipe in half and… by Megan (not verified)
This happened to me recently, and I was baffled, until internet research diagnosed the problem: the dough had overfermented because I had let it sit at room temperature way too long, and the gluten structure broke down, turning it into flour soup. Just let it do the bulk fermentation for a shorter period of time if the temperature is that warm.