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  • I tried to make baguette bread but failed. What did I do wrong?

    Yesterday I used this recipe to make some french baguettes:

    http://www.eatwell101.com/homemade-baguette-bread-...

    As I wanted to make more bread, I made the recipe exactly as it said to, except I increased the amounts of ingredients. The problem is that I ended up with a very sticky dough, instead of something I could "roll" as the instructions indicate. So I put it into a perforated bread pan and baked it like it. It tastes good, but it's definitely too thick and heavy and lacks of airy bubbles. What did I do wrong? Too much flour? Should I have added/remove water or something?

    1 lb (500 g) flour > I used 1 1/2 lb of flour

    1 1/2 cup (350 ml) of water> 2 cups

    1 pack of dry yeast > 1 pack and half

    2 teaspoons (10 g) salt > 3 tsp of salt

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