February 19, 2019 - 12:19pm
Removing the dough from hands? Ideas?
Is there any easy way to remove the dough from the arms/hands? My arms are hairy so it sticks there i thought about shaving them off but i think they still would get sticky after 3 or 4 days since the dough will still stuck on my little hair in my arms if that makes sense.
So any ideas?
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Thin latex gloves work well. And the dough doesn’t stick to the gloves a lot.
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/6919/hairy-bakers
Several months ago I needed to apply medication to one hand 4x/day, which made baking & hand-washing a challenge. Got a box of FoodHandler brand synthetic latex-free gloves (100) at Smart & Final. Any restaurant supply (or Amazon, etc) should have something similar.
Any other way without gloves possible?
Does dough still stick if you knead with wet hands?
Try rubbing a thin layer of olive oil into your hands, which makes it easier to remove sticky dough. In addition, or alternatively, rub your hands/arms with dry flour to "rinse" them off - see this link.
https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/06/clean-up-sticky-dough-with-extra-flour.html
Rinse them off with plain water as soon as you can after kneading. That's the only thing that works for me, although I haven't tried gloves.
I finally inherited my mother-in-law's Dimension 2000 bread mixing machine three years ago, after she passed away, so I am blessed to NEVER have to go through that gluey mess ever again!!!
That said, however, my mother taught me to make bread when I was ten years old---54 years ago---so I've had YEARS of experience making bread completely by hand!
The trick mom taught me was to scrape of as much of the gooey dough with each hand as you can and then grab a handful of flour and coat both hands totally with it, gently shaking off the excess into the flour bin.
Then go stand over the garbage can and rub the dough off. It rolls off quite efficiently. If you feel the need to repeat the process, once more should do it.
After that, just give your hands, fingers and under your nails a light scrub with a nail brush, and you're good to go to the next stage.
For anyone using gloves (I often do), it's worth paying the extra for the thin nitrile ones. They are a lot tougher than latex or vinyl and can be reused a few times. Of course, if you've been making 100% rye, you might have to bin them!
Lance
these for your arms, bench flour for your hands?
Carole, just how deeply are you getting into that dough!?
No, seriously, I only posted that because the OP talked about hairy arms :-) I personally don't get in above the heel of my hands anymore -- but when I was starting, hoo, boy!
thank you everyone :D